thievish

English

Etymology

From Middle English thevysch, equivalent to thief +‎ -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian däifsk (“thievish”), Dutch diefs (“thievish”), German Low German deevsk (“thievish”), German diebisch (“thievish”).

Adjective

thievish (comparative more thievish, superlative most thievish)

1. Having a tendency to steal.
2. Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy.
   • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], lines 675-77:

     What, wouldst thou have me go and beg my food,
     Or with a base and boist'rous sword enforce
     A thievish living on the common road?

Translations

Having a tendency to steal.

• Bulgarian: крадлив (bg) (kradliv)
• Esperanto: ŝtelema
• German: diebisch (de)
• Italian: furtivo (it)
• Latin: fūrax, tagax
• Polish: złodziejski (pl)
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• Russian: ворова́тый (ru) (vorovátyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: лоповски
• Swedish: tjuvaktig (sv)
• Ukrainian: злодійкува́тий (zlodijkuvátyj)
• Westrobothnian: ,