mafeeshint.adj.

Brit.

/məˈfiːʃ/, U.S.

/məˈfiʃ/

Forms: 1800s– mafish, 1800s– mefeesh, 1900s– mafeesh.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ma fī-š.

Etymology: < colloquial (chiefly Egyptian) Arabic ma fī-š there isn't any, there are none.

colloquial (chiefly Military).

A. int.

Chiefly expressing rejection: ‘nothing’; ‘finished’; ‘done for’.

ΚΠ

1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. i. 11 When a little boy, presuming that the occasion might possibly open the hand of generosity, looked in my face and exclaimed ‘Bakhshish’, he obtained in reply ‘Mafish’; which convinced the bystanders that the sheep-skin contained a real sheep.

1897 A. Conan Doyle Trag. Korosko (1898) viii. 225 ‘But what..about the three ladies?’ The black soldier shrugged his shoulders. ‘Mefeesh!’ [‘Mafeesh!’, 1897 serial publ.] said he. ‘One of them is old, and..there are plenty more women if we get back to Egypt.’

1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick (1918) 135 Mafeesh, finish; I am finished.

1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 497 Mafeesh, old lad—nothing doing! I gave away the last of them a week ago.

B. adj.

Finished, done; good for nothing.

ΚΠ

1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 318 As soon as he reached the place it was mafeesh with him, as usual... You never noticed him.

1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 320 House, two ricks an' stable mafeesh, the big glasshouse with every pane smashed.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 150 Mafeesh, (Arabic). Dead. Done with. Finished. Used colloquially everywhere on Eastern Fronts... It had other meanings: ‘I can't’, ‘I know’, ‘Get out’, ‘Go to hell’, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mafeesh
释义	mafeeshint.adj. Brit. /məˈfiːʃ/, U.S. /məˈfiʃ/ Forms: 1800s– mafish, 1800s– mefeesh, 1900s– mafeesh. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ma fī-š. Etymology: < colloquial (chiefly Egyptian) Arabic ma fī-š there isn't any, there are none. colloquial (chiefly Military). A. int. Chiefly expressing rejection: ‘nothing’; ‘finished’; ‘done for’. ΚΠ 1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. i. 11 When a little boy, presuming that the occasion might possibly open the hand of generosity, looked in my face and exclaimed ‘Bakhshish’, he obtained in reply ‘Mafish’; which convinced the bystanders that the sheep-skin contained a real sheep. 1897 A. Conan Doyle Trag. Korosko (1898) viii. 225 ‘But what..about the three ladies?’ The black soldier shrugged his shoulders. ‘Mefeesh!’ [‘Mafeesh!’, 1897 serial publ.] said he. ‘One of them is old, and..there are plenty more women if we get back to Egypt.’ 1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick (1918) 135 Mafeesh, finish; I am finished. 1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 497 Mafeesh, old lad—nothing doing! I gave away the last of them a week ago. B. adj. Finished, done; good for nothing. ΚΠ 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 318 As soon as he reached the place it was mafeesh with him, as usual... You never noticed him. 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 320 House, two ricks an' stable mafeesh, the big glasshouse with every pane smashed. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 150 Mafeesh, (Arabic). Dead. Done with. Finished. Used colloquially everywhere on Eastern Fronts... It had other meanings: ‘I can't’, ‘I know’, ‘Get out’, ‘Go to hell’, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.adj.1855
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