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PRONUNCIATION OF COLTISH

coltish  [ˈkəʊltɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLTISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coltish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COLTISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coltish in the English dictionary

The definition of coltish in the dictionary is inexperienced; unruly. Other definition of coltish is playful and lively.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLTISH


British
ˈbrɪtɪʃ
brutish
ˈbruːtɪʃ
cultish
ˈkʌltɪʃ
doltish
ˈdəʊltɪʃ
fetich
ˈfetɪʃ
fetish
ˈfɛtɪʃ
flattish
ˈflætɪʃ
Kentish
ˈkɛntɪʃ
Lettish
ˈlɛtɪʃ
lightish
ˈlaɪtɪʃ
pettish
ˈpɛtɪʃ
Pictish
ˈpɪktɪʃ
saltish
ˈsɔːltɪʃ
Scottish
ˈskɒtɪʃ
shortish
ˈʃɔːtɪʃ
skittish
ˈskɪtɪʃ
sluttish
ˈslʌtɪʃ
stiltish
ˈstɪltɪʃ
sweetish
ˈswiːtɪʃ
whitish
ˈwaɪtɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLTISH

colporteur
colposcope
colposcopical
colposcopically
colposcopy
colpotomies
colpotomy
colt
coltan
colter
coltishly
coltishness
Coltrane
coltsfoot
coltwood
colubriad
colubrid
colubriform
colubrine
colugo

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLTISH

anti-British
cattish
coquettish
faintish
fattish
goatish
Irtish
latish
leftish
loutish
Midianitish
novelettish
pro-British
ruttish
smartish
softish
sottish
sycophantish
the Scottish
wettish

Synonyms and antonyms of coltish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COLTISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «coltish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of coltish

Translation of «coltish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLTISH

Find out the translation of coltish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coltish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coltish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轻佻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coltish
570 millions of speakers

English

coltish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

coltish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

coltish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

игривый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coltish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশ্বশাবকবৎ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

folâtre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coltish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verspielt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気ままな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

coltish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coltish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trẻ măng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

coltish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बरगडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

coltish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coltish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coltish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грайливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coltish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

coltish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrolik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coltish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

coltish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coltish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLTISH»

The term «coltish» is normally little used and occupies the 128.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLTISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coltish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLTISH»

Discover the use of coltish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coltish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
An elderly person (esp. a male) is said to be coltish when he sheds his inhibitions and begins to behave like a young colt or becomes as frisky as a young colt. Coltish behavior in younger persons is seen as a sign of lack of discipline or control ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
2
I Never Knew There Was a Word For It
COLTISH. ot necessarily made any easier as the offspring grow older ... dandiprat (1583) an urchin daddle (Suffolk) to walk like a young child trying to copy its father liggle (East Anglian) to carry something too heavy to be carried easily (e.g. of ...
Adam Jacot de Boinod, 2010
3
What's He Doing in There?
It was the Professor's Coltish Daughter. "Mom, Pop, the Martian's--" "Hush, dear. We know." The Professor's Coltish Daughter regained her adolescent poise, which was considerable. "Well, he's still in there," she said. "I just tried the door and it ...
Fritz Leiber, 2011
4
The Dog Who Knew Too Much: A Chet and Bernie Mystery
“The little curvy type, huh?” Couldn't get much past Suzie. She herself was not the little curvy type. She wasn't without curves, not at all, but she was taller than Anya, more the coltish type. The coltish type: that was what Leda had said to Bernie, ...
Spencer Quinn, 2012
5
The Spencer Quinn Box Set #2: To Fetch a Thief, The Dog Who ...
She wasn't without curves, not at all, but she was taller than Anya, more the coltish type. The coltish type: that was what Leda had said to Bernie, after meeting Suzie for the first time. “The coltish type, Bernie? I'm surprised.” The whole thing ...
Spencer Quinn, 2013
6
The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from ...
Hic Mulier; or, The Man- Woman: Being a Medicine to Cure the Coltish Disease of the Staggers in the Masculine-Feminines of Our Times is an anonymous seventeenth- century English pamphlet attacking the "coltish disease" of women  ...
Terry Castle, 2003
7
Hic Mulier: Or, the Man-Woman: Being a Medicine to Cure the ...
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Anon, 2010
8
Papers Presented at the Fourteenth International Conference ...
Coltish, The Stoic Tradition. 4 F. Homes Dudden, The Life and Times of St. Ambrose, 2 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1935), II, 505-6. 5 See Pettersen's studies on Athanasius's thought: 'The body is then seen as the physical prerequisite to a ...
Frances Margaret Young, Mark J. Edwards, Paul M. Parvis, 2006
9
Fang and Claw: Tooth and Nail
Donnyo hurt my daddy!‖ and Standish screams at the kid, a long coltish kid — eight years old or so, with long wagging toothpick-thin arms and knobby-kneed toothpick legs — Standish screams at the kid to shut up, just shut the fuck up and of ...
Douglas Christian Larsen, 2011
10
Word Finder: The Phonic Key to the Dictionary
... KLSKNCHS collusive colitis clever(smart) class-conscious occlusive culottes( clothing) clover(plant) KLSKWRTRZ KLT klutz KLVRLF close quarters acolyte( person) KLTSH cloverleaf KL8L calotte(cap) coltish KLVRN coleslaw cleat KLTSHN ...
Penelope Kister McRann, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLTISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coltish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Film Review: 'Those People'
Nor is it awfully clear why the confident, mature Tim would be so enamored with the fey Charlie, who, in Gordon's overly coltish performance, ... «Variety, Jul 15»
2
Spring Awakening: The Spirit of Life on Display
Kelsey Lake is immensely watchable as Wendla, with a nervous, coltish energy, highly alert to her surroundings. She lacks, however, a quality ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
3
Conductor Fisch, National Orchestral Institue excel at the emphatic
It felt a little manufactured and a little coltish — until the music built up to a critical mass that let players and the conductor unleash their full ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
Bygones: Headingley curse strikes again as Gower's men start road …
England, eventually, managed to crawl over the line at 123-5 with Australia, whose attack was led by the coltish duo of Craig McDermott and ... «Yorkshire Post, Jun 15»
5
Legs eleven out of ten! Model Elyse Taylor shows off her coltish legs …
She has modelled for some of the biggest names in the business and it's little wonder why after images emerged of Elyse Taylor in a recent ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
6
The Australian coffee barons who are taking on the world
When Phillip Di Bella's pay day arrived late last year, the sale of his coltish coffee business illustrated how far, and how quickly, the one-time ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
7
An Evening of Dirty Dancing, Darlington Civic Theatre
The Rachel Tiffany girls were a delight, fresh-faced and coltish next to the Dirty Dancers who had been round the block and who know how to ... «Darlington, Aycliffe and Sedgefield Advertiser, Jun 15»
8
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The King Dances and Carmina Burana …
The king (a coltish, willowy William Bracewell) is whirled about by his machiavellian chancellor (glowering Iain Mackay). Bintley uses baroque ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
The Age Old July Debate
... was achieved in boggy ground, while Kingvoldt was already having coltish issues when running below par in the L'Ormarin's Queen's Plate. «Sporting Post, Jun 15»
10
Fashion Bridges the Generation Gap at Tres Chic
Her daughter, Elizabeth, is coltish, with long, chocolate tresses and expressive eyes. They're gregarious, the kind of women you laugh with, the ... «Houstonia Magazine, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Coltish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/coltish>. May 2024 ».
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