fairishadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈfɛːrɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈfɛrɪʃ/

Forms: see fair adj. and n.¹ and -ish suffix¹; also English regional 1800s– feerish (Leicestershire), 1800s– vaarish (Berkshire).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fair adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < fair adj. + -ish suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Moderately good, passable; (of the weather) reasonably pleasant or clement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective]

wellOE

sufferablea1340

worthy1340

sufficient1489

paregala1500

competent1535

something like?1556

right1567

sweet1577

fairish1611

all right1652

fair1656

comfortable1658

decent1711

respectable1750

unrepulsive1787

decentisha1814

fair-to-middling1822

fine1828

christena1838

OK1839

tidy1844

not (or none) so dusty?1856

sweet1898

oke1928

okey-doke1934

okey-dokey1936

tickety-boo1939

cool1951

aight1993

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bellastre, fairish, reasonably faire, passable.

1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. Fairish; Bellastre, bellot; Bellino.

1783 Gentleman's Mag. July 569 A cloudy fairish day.

1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 134 A strike a meal for six horses is counted fairish feeding.

1847 Illustr. London News 28 Aug. 142/1 I rowed in a fairish ‘eight’.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 331 So ended a fairish day's sport.

1882 B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. xi. 226 Sometimes..he is in fairish spirits.

1910 C. T. Jackson My Brother's Keeper xx. 273 Well, well..a fairish day—a bit frost coming.

1947 Billboard 20 Dec. 104 Fairish tune with fairish interpretation.

2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. 10 Do you speak Irish? the DG enquired. I admitted to a fairish Leaving Certificate.

b. English regional. In reasonable health; tolerably well. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale (at cited word) I be fairish.

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases at Vaairish ‘I be a-veelin' vaarish now zur’, ater my lumbaaygo.

1916 W. McFee Casuals of Sea iii. ii. 236 ‘How are you all?’ ‘Oh, fairish. The missis is just as usual’.

1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 81 I be on'y fairish.

2. Of a person's hair or complexion: somewhat fair in colour; lightish; blondish. Of a person: having such colouring.

ΚΠ

1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 226/2 The Women are..of a fairish Complexion, with very white Teeth.

1771 London Evening Post 5 Nov. 3/2 A tall lusty man.., fairish complexion.

1832 C. I. Johnstone Nights Round Table 1st Ser. v. 133 A fairish skin may sometimes be better than a tanned one.

1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ Seventh Child xi. 132 Your Hobson is dark and thin—Lady Marchmont's Hobson..was fairish and decidedly stout.

1918 W. Benn In Side Shows xxv. 183 The lady guests ranging in complexion from fairish women with flaxen hair which suggested art, down to coal-black relatives from the country.

1935 Washington Post 19 May s10/7 I have fairish skin and lightish hair.

1985 I. Murdoch Good Apprentice i. 19 Meredith had straight fairish brownish hair like his mother.

2012 Arts & Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Arts section) 6 He's fairish, and slimmish, and pale.

†3. colloquial. Slightly drunk, tipsy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk

merrya1382

semi-bousyc1460

pipe merry1542

totty1570

tipsy1577

martin-drunk1592

pleasant1596

mellow1611

tip-merry1612

flustered1615

lusticka1616

well to live1619

jolly1652

happy1662

hazy1673

top-heavy1687

hearty1695

half-seas-over1699

oiled1701

mellowish1703

half channelled over1709

drunkish1710

half-and-half1718

touched1722

uppisha1726

tosie1727

bosky1730

funny1751

fairish1756

cherry-merry1769

in suds1770

muddy1776

glorious1790

groggified1796

well-corned1800

fresh1804

to be mops and brooms1814

foggy1816

how-come-ye-so1816

screwy1820

off the nail1821

on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821

swipey1821

muggy1822

rosy1823

snuffy1823

spreeish1825

elevated1827

up a stump1829

half-cockedc1830

tightish1830

tipsified1830

half shaved1834

screwed1837

half-shot1838

squizzed1845

drinky1846

a sheet in the wind1862

tight1868

toppy1885

tiddly1905

oiled-up1918

bonkers1943

sloshed1946

tiddled1956

hickey-

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 3 Humphry..was now quite fairish, as he called it, and attended to nothing but spouting speeches from Shakespear's Pistol.

4. Considerable in amount; fairly large.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > somewhat large

substantial1413

indifferent1548

handsome1577

biggish1611

sizeable1613

well-sized?1614

considerable1651

good-sized1657

largish1752

snug1833

fairish1858

1858 Times 30 Oct. 8/5 He would wish to retain..a fairish amount of capacity, taste, and attainments.

1883 D. C. Murray Hearts II. 136 Cost a fairish penny, didn't it?

1922 Outlook 15 Mar. 423/2 Willy is slender because it is..the type of a fairish number of his immediate ancestors.

1960 R. A. Heinlein Let. 10 Oct. in R. A. Heinlein & V. Heinlein Grumbles from Grave (1990) 226 Money in the bank and a fairish amount in stocks.

2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xv. 204 It was a fairish walk back to Mam and Dad's.

B. adv.

English regional. In a fairish manner; passably, tolerably; to a considerable or fairly large extent or degree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > fairly

reasonably1389

reasonablyc1447

seemlyc1460

reasonable1485

gaily1532

indifferently?c1550

pretty well1576

indifferent1583

tolerably1602

tolerable1673

middling1719

geylies1754

middlingly1755

fairly1805

fairish1818

wellish1830

serviceably1896

1818 R. McWilliam Ess. on Dry Rot ii. 263 And much their aid is wanted, we hope they'll use it fairish.

1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights i. iii, in Comedies 163 I..got laughed at pretty fairish.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘Surs! it's feerish waarm.’

1901 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce i. 6 We be fairish off for time, and the day's young yet.

1908 B. Atkey Easy Money xvi. 159 Investin' it [sc. money] in a business which circulates it fairish.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 95/2 I'm fairish on wi' it now. Reckon I'll be done be dark.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fairish
释义	fairishadj.adv. Brit. /ˈfɛːrɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfɛrɪʃ/ Forms: see fair adj. and n.¹ and -ish suffix¹; also English regional 1800s– feerish (Leicestershire), 1800s– vaarish (Berkshire). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fair adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < fair adj. + -ish suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Moderately good, passable; (of the weather) reasonably pleasant or clement. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] wellOE sufferablea1340 worthy1340 sufficient1489 paregala1500 competent1535 something like?1556 right1567 sweet1577 fairish1611 all right1652 fair1656 comfortable1658 decent1711 respectable1750 unrepulsive1787 decentisha1814 fair-to-middling1822 fine1828 christena1838 OK1839 tidy1844 not (or none) so dusty?1856 sweet1898 oke1928 okey-doke1934 okey-dokey1936 tickety-boo1939 cool1951 aight1993 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bellastre, fairish, reasonably faire, passable. 1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. Fairish; Bellastre, bellot; Bellino. 1783 Gentleman's Mag. July 569 A cloudy fairish day. 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 134 A strike a meal for six horses is counted fairish feeding. 1847 Illustr. London News 28 Aug. 142/1 I rowed in a fairish ‘eight’. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 331 So ended a fairish day's sport. 1882 B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. xi. 226 Sometimes..he is in fairish spirits. 1910 C. T. Jackson My Brother's Keeper xx. 273 Well, well..a fairish day—a bit frost coming. 1947 Billboard 20 Dec. 104 Fairish tune with fairish interpretation. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. 10 Do you speak Irish? the DG enquired. I admitted to a fairish Leaving Certificate. b. English regional. In reasonable health; tolerably well. Now rare. ΚΠ 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale (at cited word) I be fairish. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases at Vaairish ‘I be a-veelin' vaarish now zur’, ater my lumbaaygo. 1916 W. McFee Casuals of Sea iii. ii. 236 ‘How are you all?’ ‘Oh, fairish. The missis is just as usual’. 1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 81 I be on'y fairish. 2. Of a person's hair or complexion: somewhat fair in colour; lightish; blondish. Of a person: having such colouring. ΚΠ 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 226/2 The Women are..of a fairish Complexion, with very white Teeth. 1771 London Evening Post 5 Nov. 3/2 A tall lusty man.., fairish complexion. 1832 C. I. Johnstone Nights Round Table 1st Ser. v. 133 A fairish skin may sometimes be better than a tanned one. 1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ Seventh Child xi. 132 Your Hobson is dark and thin—Lady Marchmont's Hobson..was fairish and decidedly stout. 1918 W. Benn In Side Shows xxv. 183 The lady guests ranging in complexion from fairish women with flaxen hair which suggested art, down to coal-black relatives from the country. 1935 Washington Post 19 May s10/7 I have fairish skin and lightish hair. 1985 I. Murdoch Good Apprentice i. 19 Meredith had straight fairish brownish hair like his mother. 2012 Arts & Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Arts section) 6 He's fairish, and slimmish, and pale. †3. colloquial. Slightly drunk, tipsy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk merrya1382 semi-bousyc1460 pipe merry1542 totty1570 tipsy1577 martin-drunk1592 pleasant1596 mellow1611 tip-merry1612 flustered1615 lusticka1616 well to live1619 jolly1652 happy1662 hazy1673 top-heavy1687 hearty1695 half-seas-over1699 oiled1701 mellowish1703 half channelled over1709 drunkish1710 half-and-half1718 touched1722 uppisha1726 tosie1727 bosky1730 funny1751 fairish1756 cherry-merry1769 in suds1770 muddy1776 glorious1790 groggified1796 well-corned1800 fresh1804 to be mops and brooms1814 foggy1816 how-come-ye-so1816 screwy1820 off the nail1821 on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821 swipey1821 muggy1822 rosy1823 snuffy1823 spreeish1825 elevated1827 up a stump1829 half-cockedc1830 tightish1830 tipsified1830 half shaved1834 screwed1837 half-shot1838 squizzed1845 drinky1846 a sheet in the wind1862 tight1868 toppy1885 tiddly1905 oiled-up1918 bonkers1943 sloshed1946 tiddled1956 hickey- 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 3 Humphry..was now quite fairish, as he called it, and attended to nothing but spouting speeches from Shakespear's Pistol. 4. Considerable in amount; fairly large. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > somewhat large substantial1413 indifferent1548 handsome1577 biggish1611 sizeable1613 well-sized?1614 considerable1651 good-sized1657 largish1752 snug1833 fairish1858 1858 Times 30 Oct. 8/5 He would wish to retain..a fairish amount of capacity, taste, and attainments. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts II. 136 Cost a fairish penny, didn't it? 1922 Outlook 15 Mar. 423/2 Willy is slender because it is..the type of a fairish number of his immediate ancestors. 1960 R. A. Heinlein Let. 10 Oct. in R. A. Heinlein & V. Heinlein Grumbles from Grave (1990) 226 Money in the bank and a fairish amount in stocks. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xv. 204 It was a fairish walk back to Mam and Dad's. B. adv. English regional. In a fairish manner; passably, tolerably; to a considerable or fairly large extent or degree. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > fairly reasonably1389 reasonablyc1447 seemlyc1460 reasonable1485 gaily1532 indifferently?c1550 pretty well1576 indifferent1583 tolerably1602 tolerable1673 middling1719 geylies1754 middlingly1755 fairly1805 fairish1818 wellish1830 serviceably1896 1818 R. McWilliam Ess. on Dry Rot ii. 263 And much their aid is wanted, we hope they'll use it fairish. 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights i. iii, in Comedies 163 I..got laughed at pretty fairish. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘Surs! it's feerish waarm.’ 1901 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce i. 6 We be fairish off for time, and the day's young yet. 1908 B. Atkey Easy Money xvi. 159 Investin' it [sc. money] in a business which circulates it fairish. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 95/2 I'm fairish on wi' it now. Reckon I'll be done be dark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1611
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