showmanish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

showman +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

showmanish (comparative more showmanish, superlative most showmanish)

  1. Characteristic of a showman or showmanship.
    • 2009 July 8, Ginia Bellafante, “Our Current Global Economic Crisis: The Prequel”, in New York Times[1]:
      “The Ascent of Money,” based on his book of the same title, secures his position as television’s most flamboyant, showmanish public intellectual.

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