ish
See also: Ish, -ish, and -ísh
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃ
Etymology 1
From is
Verb
ish
- Eye dialect spelling of is.
Etymology 2
From the suffix -ish.
Adverb
ish (not comparable)
- (colloquial) somewhat, reasonably, fairly
- The exam went well... mostly... ish.
- "Was the film any good?" – "Ish."
- 26 May 2012, Jason VandenBerghe, “The Five Domains of Play”, Gotland Game Conference, Uppsala University:
- This is where I started. Does Hermione like Dark Souls? Ish.
- (colloquial) about, approximately
- 1974, Kingsley Amis, Ending up, page 11:
- 'With luck, about twelve.' 'Ah,' said Bernard. 'Twelve-thirty. Ish.'
- 2007, Marne Davis Kellogg, Friends in High Places, page 283:
- How old are you? Fifty-ish?" / "Ish." / The color flared in her cheeks but she didn't look as though she were going to shoot me.
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Synonyms
- (somewhat): fairly, rather, somewhat
- (approximately): about, almost, around, close to, loosely, near, nearly, roughly, round about
Translations
somewhat
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reasonably, fairly
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about, approximately
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Etymology 3
- From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.
Noun
ish (plural ishes)
- The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
- esh, the IPA letter for the same sound
- zhee
Etymology 4
Phonetic spelling of the clipping of issue.
Noun
ish (plural ishes)
- (dated, fandom slang) An instalment of a periodical; an issue.
- 1939 August 5, Tucker, Bob, Le Zombie, number 10, page 3:
- "A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT: Fantasy Digest says in it's[sic] latest ish: Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused when Don Wollheim and his brother Futurians were not allowed in the Convention Hall. Unquote.
- 1961 July, Scithers, George H., Amra, volume 2, number 16, page 2:
- Next ish: a guide to who is who of the Howard heroes in the centerspread.
- 1967 June, Maynard, Drake, If, volume 17, number 6, page 160:
- My sincerest apologies to Brother Ron Smith in the December ish.
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Derived terms
- annish
- thish
Etymology 5
Minced oath for shit.
Noun
ish (uncountable)
- (euphemistic) Shit.
- 2010, Jill Murray, Break On Through, page 15:
- Anyone, really, but seriously, you'd think that people whose very passion depends on their lungs would want to cut that ish out
- 2012, Dipal Parikh, Walking with Krishna: Based on True Life Events, page 154:
- I owe you a lot Dipal, so put that ish away.
- 2013, Ivy McQuain, Get Your Head Out of the Clouds, This Is Business, page 25:
- Now, it's time to get your ish together.
- 2015, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, Lights, Love & Lip Gloss, page 51:
- I passed on that craziness. I wasn't messing with that ish.
- 2010, Jill Murray, Break On Through, page 15:
References
- (Periodical): “ish” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, pages 101–102.
- (Periodical): ish n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project
Anagrams
- His, IHS, Shi, his, shi
Albanian
Alternative forms
- ush
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Verb
ish
- chase chicken away
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *iːx-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pusi. Compare Classical Nahuatl īxtli (“eye”). Cognate with Yaqui puusim, Hopi poosi'(at), Comanche pui, Shoshone buih, Cahuilla púchill, and Cora hɨʔɨsi.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /iːʃ/
- (Izalco) IPA(key): /iʃ/
Noun
-īsh (plural -ijīsh)
- eye, (sometimes "face" in compounds)
- Shiktzajtzakwa ne muish!
- Close your eyes!
- seed, grain
- Tikichkwat ne tal ipal tiktukat ne ish ne kakawat
- We plough the land to plant the cacao seed
- eyehole, hole, opening
- bead