Brockish
/ˈbrɒkɪʃ/noun
Resembling or characteristic of a brock, an old term for a badger.
Did you know?Brock was once a common English name for the badger, surviving in dialects, surnames, and place-names such as Brockley and Brockhampton.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Celtic
Celtic
*brokkos
“A badger; a reconstructed Celtic animal name”
Old Irish
Old Irish
broc
“A badger”
Old English
Old English
brocc
“A badger”
Middle English
Middle English
brok
“A badger, especially in regional or literary usage”
16th–17th Century
English
brock
“A badger; also used as a surname and place-name element”
Modern English
English
brockish
“Like or resembling a brock, or badger-like”