Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neither fish nor flesh

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: nei-ther -fish nor flesh
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring (synonym of neither fish nor fowl).

Example Sentences

"Hungary’s numerous local German-speakers (their numbers approached 2,000,000 by our period) were neither fish nor flesh in this regard. They certainly did not count as Austrian."

Questions

What does neither fish nor flesh mean?: Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring (synonym of neither fish nor fowl).

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