If general rule that the suffix "ish" means "like unto or characteristic of" holds--to be mawkish is to resemble a mawk? What's a mawk? What are its dimensions and substance? I want answers from the heart, not from Google.
To the best of my knowledge, a Mawk is a brightly colored hawk that engages in flamboyant courting dances that usually result in the female that they are pursuing regurgitating a half eaten worm onto them and telling them to “get bent”
If general rule that the suffix "ish" means "like unto or characteristic of" holds--to be mawkish is to resemble a mawk? What's a mawk? What are its dimensions and substance? I want answers from the heart, not from Google.
To the best of my knowledge, a Mawk is a brightly colored hawk that engages in flamboyant courting dances that usually result in the female that they are pursuing regurgitating a half eaten worm onto them and telling them to “get bent”
Love the detail on these today. I was not perambulating earlier as I watched the Australia - v - England game 🏆