Dictionary

fictionish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English fictionish From fiction + -ish.

Meanings

1. (informal, rare) Similar to fiction.
   • The only fictionish thing about it is his having written it in the first person as he tells the reader plainly. Personally, I own I never heard of Gerald O'Connor before. But that's because I always turned a deaf ear to all the[…] 1908, Maria Price La Touche, The Letters of a Noble Woman (Mrs. La Touche of Harristown), page 188:
   • ... mat of a fictionish discursive flow with eighteen black and white reproductions of ... 2005, India International Centre, India International Centre Quarterly:
   • In an industry where it is hard to tell fact from fiction anymore, one writer said bookstores might as well label genre sections “Fictionish,” “Memoirish,” and “Cartoonish.” When. Changing. Genres. Means. Changing. Forms. 2011 November 1, Laura Oliver, M.F.A., The Story Within: New Insights and Inspiration for Writers, Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms

Relateds

pulp-fictionish · science-fictionish

Synonyms

fictiony