muckerish

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English

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Etymology

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mucker +‎ -ish

Adjective

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muckerish (comparative more muckerish, superlative most muckerish)

  1. (dated) Characteristic of a mucker; low and vulgar.
    • 1906, Yale Sheffield Monthly, volumes 13-14, page 200:
      Hence when we soberly review the situation and find that Yale men have not only been in the habit of throwing food, but of throwing it at their visitors and guests, we must admit their action to be muckerish.