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tigerish

ti·ge·rish

uncommon

adjective

1.

resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy

  • “a tigerish fury”
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Origin

From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisċ (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish.

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