bounderish

== English == === Etymology === From bounder +‎ -ish. === Adjective === bounderish (comparative more bounderish, superlative most bounderish) Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish. 1967 March 3, "The War of Total Paper" (book review of The Soldier's Art by Anthony Powell), Time: In Powell's war, only the rotters flourish—notably Kenneth Widmerpool, whose humorless egomania and bounderish one-upmanship have won him critical status as one of the great comic creations of modern English fiction. ==== Related terms ==== bounderishly bounderishness === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.