Meaning of warrish | Babel Free

Definitions

Militant; warlike.

Examples

“Brightned the black horizon of his parish ; Gave to the Prince of Darkness such hard blows, That Satan was afraid to show⟳ his nose, (Except in hell), before this priest so warrish!”

“Dear George, 'tis very true," replied the king, " Poor Honour is just come⟳ upon the parish; Merit may tramp tho streets, and ballads sing⟳: My new-made knights can boast of nothing warrish.”

“The specific examples of warrish attitudes change⟳ from year to year, but the underlying bellicosity remains.”

“Some of the soldiers were little more than boys; they had spent their entire lives practicing their caste's warrish obligations, but they had never marched to battle for their king. Nevertheless, they understood the War Rites; […]”

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