2. Adjective. exhibiting qualities that are commonly associated with rats. ¹
3. Adjective. slightly short-tempered ¹
4. Adjective. slightly run-down or dilapidated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rattish
1. ratlike [adj] - See also: ratlike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattish
Literary usage of Rattish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1806)
"Drawn by the hermit's reputation, Came envoys from the rattish nation One day,
to ask some pittance at his hands : They travers'd foreign lands, ..."
2. The Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Sophia Penn Page Shaler (1909)
"It is not going to be easy to get much money; they are disposed to be " cheese-
parers," these legislators, possibly in a rattish way. ..."
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