beevish
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Adjective[edit]
beevish (comparative more beevish, superlative most beevish)
- Archaic form of beefish.
- 1967, Ivor Brown, A Ring of Words, London, Sydney, N.S.W., Toronto, Ont.: The Bodley Head, page 44:
- Yet, far from luxurious, the plum in its adjectival form is applied to the highest-paid jobs which are unlikely to be won by beevish muttonheads.