playerish
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]playerish (comparative more playerish, superlative most playerish)
- Characteristic of a player (one who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship).
- 2010, Sandra Byrd, Don't Kiss Him Good-Bye:
- […] It's not every girl who can be both a brainbox and pretty.” It was a totally playerish thing to say. But he called me a journalist. And he said it so sweetly, and I basked in the compliment […]
- 2015, Oasis, White Heat, page 30:
- A few scornful, sarcastic comebacks came to mind, but I kept it playerish.