Resembling or characteristic of a cook; relating to cooking or the behavior of cooks.
From 'cook' plus the suffix '-ish,' which means 'resembling' or 'somewhat.' The '-ish' suffix is extremely productive in English and can attach to almost any noun.
The suffix '-ish' lets us be fuzzy and imprecise in a precise way—'cookish' doesn't mean definitely cooking-related, it suggests something with cook-like qualities, which is perfect for when we want to be vague on purpose!
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