Oxfordish

English

Etymology

Oxford +‎ -ish

Adjective

Oxfordish (comparative more Oxfordish, superlative most Oxfordish)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford.

Proper noun

Oxfordish

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated) The slang spoken at the University of Oxford.
    • 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:
      " […] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long."
      "Last Long?"
      "Hem! last protracted vacation."
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