different between brickish vs trickish

brickish

English

Etymology

brick +? -ish

Pronunciation

Adjective

brickish (comparative more brickish, superlative most brickish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of brick.
    Synonyms: bricklike, bricky
  2. (slang, Britain, dated) Like a brick, a helpful or reliable person.

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trickish

English

Etymology

trick +? -ish

Adjective

trickish (comparative more trickish, superlative most trickish)

  1. Using tricks or trickery.
    • 1819, The London Medical and Physical Journal (page 201)
      It often happens that a person who knows very well how to milk cannot get milk from certain cows. Some are delicate in this respect, others are trickish: the former can only give their milk to certain persons; the latter will only do so to those that excite them in a certain manner.

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