swainish (comparative more swainish, superlative most swainish)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant.
Source: Wiktionary
Swain"ish, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. "An ungentle and swainish beast." Milton.
– Swain"ish*ness, n. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
