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Dismissive word
Answer for the clue "Dismissive word ", 5 letters:
pshaw
Alternative clues for the word pshaw
Word definitions for pshaw in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
exclamation of contempt or rejection, by 1670s.
Usage examples of pshaw.
To my surprise, however, Saxon pished and pshawed under his breath, until at last, unable to contain his impatience, he broke out in hot discontent.
Pshaw, my dear fellow, what do the public, the great unobservant public, who could hardly tell a weaver by his tooth or a compositor by his left thumb, care about the finer shades of analysis and deduction!