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offish

[ aw-fish, of-ish ]

adjective

Informal.
  1. aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.


offish

/ ˈɒ´Úɪʃ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    aloof or distant in manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ´Ç´Ú´Ú¾±²õ³ó±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ´Ç´Ú´Ú¾±²õ³ó²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ç´Ú´Úi²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
  • ´Ç´Ú´Úi²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of offish1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; off + -ish 1
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I let that down, baited, and I waited to see what sort offish I would catch.

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But the only man who takes an interest in him is an offish fellow named Fitzgerald.

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Within a couple of weeks of me moving in we went out for a meal, and as we came back he was basically quite offish with me, and I just didn't understand.

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Everybody went fishing and everybody caught a lot offish.

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With no other food coming into the city, the price offish was ten times what it had been before the war, and still rising.

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