blockish

English

Etymology

block +‎ -ish

Adjective

blockish (comparative more blockish, superlative most blockish)

Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
Rude; clumsy; rough.

References

“blockish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “blockish”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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