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fishish

UK/ˈfɪʃɪʃ/

fishish adjective: resembling a fish; fishy.

Adjective

fishish (comparative more fishish, superlative most fishish)

  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

Examples of fishish in a sentence

  • ‘Can you describe it?’ ‘A bit chickenish, a bit fishish.’2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania:
  • ‘Hey, Rotho!’ He called loudly out to a fishish man on the other side of the pub.2010, Matthew Tombs, Bleaker Street:

Synonyms of fishish

Forms of fishish

comparativemore fishish
superlativemost fishish

Origin of fishish

From fish + -ish.

Questions about fishish

What does fishish mean?
Fishish means resembling a fish; fishy.
How do you use fishish in a sentence?
‘Can you describe it?’ ‘A bit chickenish, a bit fishish.’
What part of speech is fishish?
Fishish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fishish?
Fishish is pronounced /ˈfɪʃɪʃ/ (UK).

Words near fishish in the dictionary

  1. fishing-smacks
  2. fishing-tube
  3. fishing-tubes
  4. fishingly
  5. fishings
  6. fishish
  7. fishjoint
  8. fishjoints
  9. fishkeeper
  10. fishkeepers
  11. fishkeeping

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