cliquish
111clan´nish|ly — clan|nish «KLAN ihsh», adjective. 1. having to do with a clan: »the clannish customs of the Scottish Highlanders. SYNONYM(S): tribal. 2. closely united; not liking outsiders: »The old settlers were clannish and afraid of their new neighbors.… …
112clan|nish — «KLAN ihsh», adjective. 1. having to do with a clan: »the clannish customs of the Scottish Highlanders. SYNONYM(S): tribal. 2. closely united; not liking outsiders: »The old settlers were clannish and afraid of their new neighbors. SYNONYM(S):… …
113cli´quish|ness — cli|quish «KLEE kihsh, KLIHK ihsh», adjective. 1. like a clique: »At the start visitors would drop in, but the gathering was as cliquish as the Mafia and they would soon duck out (Alistair Cooke). 2. tending to form a clique. –cli´quish|ly,… …
114cli´quish|ly — cli|quish «KLEE kihsh, KLIHK ihsh», adjective. 1. like a clique: »At the start visitors would drop in, but the gathering was as cliquish as the Mafia and they would soon duck out (Alistair Cooke). 2. tending to form a clique. –cli´quish|ly,… …
115cli|quish — «KLEE kihsh, KLIHK ihsh», adjective. 1. like a clique: »At the start visitors would drop in, but the gathering was as cliquish as the Mafia and they would soon duck out (Alistair Cooke). 2. tending to form a clique. –cli´quish|ly, adverb.… …
116cli|quism — «KLEE kihz uhm, KLIHK ihz », noun. cliquish principles or spirit: »those unpleasant elements of cliquism and jealousy which have wrought so much distrust (Westminster Review) …
117in|bred — «IHN BREHD, ihn BREHD», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. inborn; natural: »The man, though poor, showed an inbred courtesy. SYNONYM(S): innate, native. 2. produced by breeding between closely related ancestors: »an inbred strain of horses. 3. Fig …
118MADISON — MADISON, capital of Wisconsin since 1837. Madison s Jewish presence dates back to roughly 1850, when a merchant named Aaron Boskowitz clerked in a store. By 1863, about 40 Jewish households, mostly storekeepers from Bohemia and West Prussia, had… …
