lish

See also: Lish and -lish

English

Etymology 1

Apheresis of English.

Noun

lish (plural lishes)

1. (linguistics) A hybrid variety of English having a name that is derived from a portmanteau of the name of one language and the word English, such as Chinglish (Chinese + English), Spanglish (Spanish + English), Taglish (Tagalog + English), etc.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎^[1], page 4:

     Similarly, little attention, if any, has been paid to the etymology of “lishes”, including questions of how the terms have been formed from their two base forms, or if the terms were originally formed in English or other languages.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of leash (“a piece of rope, thread, etc.”), referring to its pliability.

Adjective

lish (not comparable)

1. (British dialect) active; nimble; lithe.