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hippish

hippish

9.4
Having a relaxed, colorful style and belief in peace like people in the 1960s
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɪpɪʃ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : hippie
  • She wore a hippish outfit, complete with bell-bottom jeans and a tie-dye shirt.

Examples

  • His hippish attitude made him stand out at the formal business meeting.

  • Her hippish style includes flowing dresses and peace sign jewelry.

  • The new coffee shop has a hippish atmosphere, with colorful decor and vintage posters on the walls.

  • He always wears hippish clothes to music festivals.

  • His hippish outfit, complete with beads and tie-dye, caught everyone's attention at the festival.

  • She adopted a hippish lifestyle, focusing on peace, love, and environmental consciousness.

  • The café's décor was hippish, featuring vintage furniture and colorful art from the 1960s.

Antonyms

conventional
175 2.8

Doing things in the usual way most people expect, not new or original

mainstream
75 3.4

The ideas and activities most people accept as normal

How Hippie

hippie
159 6.3
hippish
  • Archaic
9.4
bohemian
4 7.1

Surface Forms

hippish positive

Morphology

hippish = hippie (semi-transparent) = hippie + ish

The suffix '-ish' conveys resemblance, but the specific cultural connotations of 'hippie' may not be fully transparent to all learners.

Etymology

Hippish comes from the word hippie, the young people of the 1960s known for long hair, tie-dye clothes and a relaxed life, so hippish means 'like a hippie' in style or attitude.