clannishness.html - adj.
usu. derog.
1 (of a family or group) tending to hold together.
2 of or like a clan.

clannishly adv. clannishness n.

clannishness.html - adj.
usu. derog.
1 (of a family or group) tending to hold together.
2 of or like a clan.

clannishly adv. clannishness n.

clannishness.html - n.
1 a group of people with a common ancestor, esp. in the Scottish Highlands.
2 a large family as a social group.
3 a group with a strong common interest.
4 a a genus, species, or class. b a family or group of animals, e.g. elephants. [ME f. Gael. clann f. L planta sprout]

clannishness.html - adj.
surreptitious, secret.

clandestinely adv. clandestinity n. [F clandestin or L clandestinus f. clam secretly]

clannishness.html - n. & v.
--n.

a loud resonant metallic sound as of a bell or hammer etc.

--v.

1 intr. make a clang.
2 tr. cause to clang. [imit.: infl. by L clangere resound]

clannishness.html - n.
sl. a mistake or blunder.

drop a clanger commit a conspicuous indiscretion.