hidalgoish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hidalgo +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

hidalgoish (comparative more hidalgoish, superlative most hidalgoish)

  1. Like or characteristic of a hidalgo.
    • 1847, Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred: Or, The New Crusade:
      He was a man whose wrinkled visage strangely contrasted with his still gallant figure, scrupulously attired; a blue frock coat with a ribboned button-hole, a well-turned boot, hat a little too hidalgoish, but quite new.