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Definition of hickish

hickish

/ˈhɪk.ɪʃ/
hick · ish
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• adjective

1

North American Characteristic of a hick; provincially unsophisticated, awkward, or rustic in a derogatory sense.

Example

"He worried that his small-town manners might seem hickish to his new colleagues in the city."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Formed from 'hick', a 16th-century pet form of the given name Richard that came to mean an unsophisticated country dweller, combined with the adjectival suffix '-ish'.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Hickish. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/hickish
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