pelfish

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adjective

Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.

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Meanings

adjectivepelfish (comparative more pelfish, superlative most pelfish)

comparative more pelfish · superlative most pelfish

  1. obsoleteOf the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.

    Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash

    1582, Richard Stanihurst, The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis

Origin

From pelf + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

elfship
Cite this entry
APA

pelfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelfish

MLA

“pelfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pelfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelfish.

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