spoffish
English
Etymology
Probably from British English dialect spoffle (“to be spoffish”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
spoffish (comparative more spoffish, superlative most spoffish)
- (Britain, colloquial, dated) earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling
- Charles Dickens
- A little spoffish toad-eater, with green spectacles, always pretending to know everybody […]
- Charles Dickens