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pelfish

pelfish adjective: of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.

Adjective

pelfish (comparative more pelfish, superlative most pelfish)

  1. (obsolete) Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.
    • Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash1582, Richard Stanihurst, The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis

Forms of pelfish

comparativemore pelfish
superlativemost pelfish

Origin of pelfish

From pelf + -ish.

Questions about pelfish

What does pelfish mean?
Pelfish means of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.
What part of speech is pelfish?
Pelfish is an adjective.

Words near pelfish in the dictionary

  1. Peleș
  2. pelf
  3. pelfe
  4. pelfie
  5. pelfies
  6. pelfish
  7. pelfray
  8. Pelfrey
  9. Pelfreys
  10. pelfries
  11. pelfry

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