Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fishen
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to or characteristic of a fish; fishlike

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"From betwixt their shoulders grewe their winges like Ha[r]pies, stretching downe and extending to the foulding and turnings of theyr tayles, vpon their monstrous flankes grew out their fynnes to swimme withall, their beginning, their fishen and scalye substance, and from thence so continuing theyr nether parts downewarde."

Etymology

From Middle English fisshen (“fishlike”), equivalent to fish + -en. Compare English piscine.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fisshen
Suffix: fish

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more fishen (comparative) most fishen (superlative)

Synonyms

fishish fishy ichthyic fishen fishlike fishly piscine

Rhymes With

position addition commission mission condition edition permission tradition transition exhibition planning permission transmission

Questions

What does fishen mean?: Relating to or characteristic of a fish; fishlike
Where does fishen come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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