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fishwife

noun

Etymology

From Middle English fysshewyfe; equivalent to fish + wife (“(obsolete) woman”) (see also midwife).

  1. inherited from fysshewyfe

Definitions

  1. A woman who sells or works with fish

    A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.

  2. A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.

  3. A person, especially a woman, with poor personal hygiene.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The wife of a homosexual man.

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Derived

fishwifely

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fishwife. 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