fairish
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fairish
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From fair + -ish.
adjective
- Of moderate quality, size, etc. Andrew pays all the farm expenses, but the housekeeping accounts fall to me. I make a fairish amount of pin money on my poultry and some of my preserves that I send to Boston, […]
- In reasonable health and spirits, but not great. Lord Loam (To Tompsett, as they partake of tea together): And how are all at home? Tompsett: Fairish, my lord,
- Of reasonable fairness; even-handed or equitable, but probably not as good as one wants. This was a. fairish judgement, he thought, if hard.·
- Mostly mild and clement. Fairish all day but clouded all over at 6 p.m.
- Somewhat fair or light-colored. Suetonius describes Augustus with leviter inflexum et subflavum 'wavy and fairish' hair (Divus Augustus 79), which, coupled with his bright eyes and medium complexion , perhaps awards him the bravery of a lion (Evans 1935: 65–6; 1969:53-4; Gascou 1984:603).
noun fairishes · fairish
- A fairy. Next day, Kathy took the potato her mother gave her, and gnawing it all to the heart, she set out upon her search for the fairish, munching at the half-raw core as she went her way. She found the fairish waiting by the bog, with her lap full of berries, and some mealy roots, like sweet, boiled radis
Talk about this word "fairish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fairish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fairish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fairish "fairish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fairish.
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@misc{fairish_2026,
title = {fairish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fairish},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
