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saintish, a.|ˈseɪntɪʃ|
[f. saint n. + -ish.]
Saint-like. (Chiefly contemptuous.)
1529More Dyaloge iv. Wks. 284/1 Seme he neuer so saintish with any new construccion of Christes holy gospell. 1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. Epil., They be no diuels (I trow) which seme so saintish. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus iii. 3 (1619) 618 The affectation of a Saintish puritie. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIII. 375 He could not bear people to be so damned saintish. 1840Hook in New Monthly Mag. LX. 285 Don't think I am getting saintish. |
