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fishish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɪʃɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From fish + -ish.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Resembling a fish; fishy.
    • Tietjens was gazing with large, fishish eyes at the caviare before her. 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 92:
    • Fish, fish, fish, / I feel fishish. 2003, Frederick Seidel, French Polynesia:
    • ‘Hey, Rotho!’ He called loudly out to a fishish man on the other side of the pub. 2010, Matthew Tombs, Bleaker Street:
    • ‘Can you describe it?’ ‘A bit chickenish, a bit fishish.’ 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania:

Forms

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more fishish Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most fishish Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

fishly · piscine · piscine · fishy · fishen · ichthyic · fishly · fishish · fishlike · fishen