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Webster 1913 Edition


Kernish

Kern′ish

,
Adj.
[From
Kern
a boor.]
Clownish; boorish.
[Obs.]
“A petty kernish prince.”
Milton.

Definition 2024


kernish

kernish

English

Adjective

kernish (comparative more kernish, superlative most kernish)

  1. (obsolete) clownish; boorish
    • John Milton
      Ireland [] was once the conquest of one single earl with his private forces, and the small assistance of a petty Kernish prince []