Obs. rare. [f. BULL sb.4 + -ISH1.] Having the nature of a ‘bull’ or grotesque blunder; laughably erroneous.

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1641.  Milton, Animadv. (1851), 191. A toothlesse Satyr is as improper as a toothed sleekstone, and as bullish.

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1660.  S. Fisher, Rusticks Alarm, Wks. (1679), 149. That Bullish Title of works but imperfectly good.

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