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pelfish

adj

Etymology

From pelf + -ish.

  1. derived from felpe
  2. derived from peufre — “frippery; rubbish”
  3. derived from pelf
  4. inherited from pelf
  5. suffixed as pelfish — “pelf + ish”

Definitions

  1. Of the nature of pelf

    Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.

    • Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pelfish. 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