Clipping ofEnglishIshan.
ish
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forEsan.
Fromis.
ish
- Pronunciation spelling ofis.
Back-formation from-ish.
ish (notcomparable)
- (colloquial)somewhat,reasonably,fairly
The exam went well... mostly...ish.
"Was the film any good?" – "Ish."
- 26 May 2012, Jason VandenBerghe, “The Five Domains of Play”, Gotland Game Conference, Uppsala University:
This is where I started. Does Hermione like Dark Souls?Ish.
- (colloquial)about,approximately
- Like the suffix, the adverb is used only after the adjective it modifies, and never before.
- (somewhat):fairly,rather,somewhat
- (approximately):about,almost,around,close to,loosely,near,nearly,roughly,round about
reasonably, somewhat, (fairly)
From Pitmaness andeff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix-ish.
ish (pluralishes)
- The letter which stands for thesh sound/ʃ/ inPitman shorthand.
- esh, the IPA letter for the same sound
- zhee
Phonetic spelling of theclipping ofissue.
ish (pluralishes)
- (dated, fandomslang) Aninstalment of aperiodical; an issue.
1939 August 5,"Bob" Tucker, “Archived copy”, inLe Zombie[1], number10, archived fromthe original on24 January 2013, page 3:"A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT:FantasyDigest says in it's[sic] latestish: Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused when Don Wollheim and his brother Futurians were not allowed in the Convention Hall. Unquote.
1961 July,George H. Scithers,Amra, volume 2, number16, page 2:Nextish: a guide to who is who of the Howard heroes in the centerspread.
1967 June, Drake Maynard,If, volume17, number 6, page160:My sincerest apologies to Brother Ron Smith in the Decemberish.
ish
- (informal, Canada,US, regional)ick,yuck
From earlierisht, aminced oath andmetathetic alteration ofshit.
ish (uncountable)
- (euphemistic)Shit (in various senses).
2010, Jill Murray,Break On Through, page15:Anyone, really, but seriously, you'd think that people whose very passion depends on their lungs would want to cut thatish out
2012, Dipal Parikh,Walking with Krishna: Based on True Life Events, page154:I owe you a lot Dipal, so put thatish away.
2013, Ivy McQuain,Get Your Head Out of the Clouds, This Is Business, page25:Now, it's time to get yourish together.
2015, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams,Lights, Love & Lip Gloss, page51:I passed on that craziness. I wasn't messing with thatish.
- (Periodical):Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “ish”, inBrave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,pages101–102.
- (Periodical):Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “ish n.”, inHistorical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
Onomatopoeic.
ish
- used tochasechickenaway
- “ish”, inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian),2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2],1980
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ish
- issue;liberty of going out
