fishify

verb
/ˈfɪʃɪfʌɪ/UK/ˈfɪʃɪfaɪ/US

Etymology

From fish + -ify.

  1. inherited from *peysk- — “fish
  2. inherited from *fiskaz — “fish
  3. inherited from *fisk
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. suffixed as fishify — “fish + ify

Definitions

  1. To change (flesh) to fish

    To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish.

    • Ben[volio]. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo. Mer[cutio]. Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O fleſh, fleſh, how art thou fiſhified?
    • By ſtrange kitchen alchymy, ev'ry diſh Seem'd tranſmuted for Epicure Mammon: There was fiſhified fleſh, and fleſhified fiſh; A calfs-head ſeem'd a fine jole of ſalmon.
    • Ye ghosts and hobgoblins, and horrible shapes, Ye lions, and wolves, and ye griffins and apes, Ye strange jumbled figures from river or den, Ye fire-born monsters, and fishified men, […]
  2. To make as wet as a fish

    To make as wet as a fish; to drench with water.

    • […] I have found a cure for his lunatic excellency. Water expelleth fire—marry, when he talks of being an archbishop, souse him, good Tio,—fishify him straight,—may be his madness is a dog madness which flieth from the fountain.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fishify. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA