pelfish

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English

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Etymology

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From pelf +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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pelfish (comparative more pelfish, superlative most pelfish)

  1. (obsolete) Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.
    • 1582, Richard Stanihurst, The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis:
      Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pelfish.

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