spunkish

English

Etymology

spunk +‎ -ish

Adjective

spunkish (comparative more spunkish, superlative most spunkish)

1. Synonym of spunky
   • 2011, Mike Scott, Great American Youth: A True Saga, →ISBN, page 82:

     After Lil Rocker hastily greeted me with a brotherly handshake and his spunkish smile, I quickly inquired as to where he was going in such a rush.

2. Decrepit or unsound.
   • 1849, The Roscoe magazine and Lancashire and Cheshire literary reporter:

     I do not know whether any of you have seen Mr. Crnwe. He is a thin, middle-sized chap of seven-and-twenty ; dark brown hair, a little frizzley ; face yellowfied by the West Indies ; grey eyes ; large teeth that project outwards like a horse's; spunkish legs, not very straight; and, withal, he has a rather delicate appearance.

   • 1907, Great Thoughts from Master Minds, page 352:

     A shrunken elm-bole, which age and the lightnings have robbed of branch and twig, stands on a hump of earth beside a decayed and spunkish oak.