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单词 fifish
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Fifishadj.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪfɪʃ/, Scottish English /ˈfʌifɪʃ/
Etymology: said to be < Fife the name of a Scottish county + -ish suffix1; applied originally as a term of opprobrium to people from that county.
Scottish.
Somewhat deranged.
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cracked1610
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touched1672
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maddy1719
Fifish1821
cracky1850
not all there1864
mattoid1891
tetched1930
as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush1932
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. ix. 220 Very, very Fifish, as the east-country fisher-folks say.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. vii. 143 ‘Just Fifish.., wowff—a wee bit by the East-Nook or sae.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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