fishish

fishish

English

Etymology

From fish +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃɪʃ/

Adjective

fishish (comparative more fishish, superlative most fishish)

1. (rare) Resembling a fish; fishy.
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 92:

     Tietjens was gazing with large, fishish eyes at the caviare before her.

   • 2003, Frederick Seidel, ‘French Polynesia’:

     Fish, fish, fish, / I feel fishish.

   • 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania:

     ‘Can you describe it?’ ‘A bit chickenish, a bit fishish.’

   • 2010, Matthew Tombs, Bleaker Street:

     ‘Hey, Rotho!’ He called loudly out to a fishish man on the other side of the pub.