ish
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪʃ
Etymology 1 [edit]
From is
Verb [edit]
ish
- Eye dialect spelling of is.
Etymology 2 [edit]
From the suffix -ish.
Adverb [edit]
ish (not comparable)
- (colloquial) somewhat, reasonably, fairly
- "How was the film?" "It was good, ish."
- The exam went well, 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.
- 1974, Kingsley Amis, Ending up, page 11:
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Etymology 3 [edit]
- 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 [edit]
ish (plural ishes)
- The name of the letter which stands for the sh sound IPA: /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.