balkish

English

Etymology

From balk +‎ -ish.

Adjective

balkish (comparative more balkish, superlative most balkish)

1. (obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy
   • 1577, Richard Stanihurst, A plain and perfect description of Ireland‎^[1], quoted in The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works:

     […] I was forthwyth reclaymed from my former resolution, reckening it for better, that my penne shoulde walke in such wyse in that craggie and balkishe way […]

Anagrams

• bashlik, kiblahs