pelfish

English

Etymology

From pelf +‎ -ish.

Adjective

pelfish (comparative more pelfish, superlative most pelfish)

1. (obsolete) Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.
   • 1582, Richard Stanihurst, The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis:

     Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pelfish.

References

• “pelfish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.