different between fishy vs fishlike

English

Etymology

From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?f??i/
• Rhymes: -??i

Noun

fishy (plural fishies)

1. (childish) Diminutive of fish.

Alternative forms

• fishie

Synonyms

• fishy wishy

Translations

Adjective

fishy (comparative fishier, superlative fishiest)

1. Of, from, or similar to fish.
2. Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
   • 1973, Matt Braun, chapter 5, in El Paso, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, ?ISBN; reprinted New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, July 1999, page 236:

     There was something more to this than met the eye, and he had the distinct feeling that the marshal had just snookered him into a corner. But he couldn't very well refuse, and it would look fishy if he demanded they march now.

3. (LGBT slang) Of drag queens: appearing feminine.

Synonyms

• (of, from, or similar to fish): fishlike, fishly, ichthyic, piscine

Derived terms

• fishily
• smell fishy

Related terms

• fishify

Translations

English

Etymology

fish +? -like

Adjective

fishlike (comparative more fishlike, superlative most fishlike)

1. Having some characteristics of a fish.

   fishlike scales

   fishlike eyes

   fishlike swimming ability

Related terms

• fishly
• fishy

Translations

See also

• ichthyic
• piscine