Shortening.
Ish
A diminutive of the male given name Ishmael.
• His, IHS, Shi, his, shi
ish
Eye dialect spelling of is.
ish (not comparable)
(colloquial) somewhat, reasonably, fairly
(colloquial) about, approximately
• (somewhat): fairly, rather, somewhat
• (approximately): about, almost, around, close to, loosely, near, nearly, roughly, round about
From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.
ish (plural ishes)
The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.
ish (plural ishes)
(dated, fandom slang) An instalment of a periodical; an issue.
ish (uncountable)
(euphemism) Shit.
• His, IHS, Shi, his, shi
Source: Wiktionary
-ish. Etym: [AS. -isc; akin to G. -isch, OHG. -isc, Goth. & Dan. - isk, Gr. -esque.]
Definition: A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white.
-ish. Etym: [OE. -issen, fr. F. -is, -iss- (found in the present particle, etc., of certain verbs, as finir to finish, fleurir to flourish), corresponding to L. -escere, an inchoative ending.]
Definition: A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; as, abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish, impoverish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 March 2025
(noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
