mulish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
    — […] a rickety verdigrised geyser which would spit two inches of tepid water into the bath and then mulishly stop working."

词形变化

more mulish comparative most mulish superlative

词源

Etymology tree
substratebor.?
Proto-Italic *musklos?
Latin mūlus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin mūla
Anglo-Norman mulebor.
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Latin mūlusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *mūl
Old English mūl
Middle English mule
English mule
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English mulish
From mule + -ish.
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