pelfish
English
Adjective
pelfish (comparative more pelfish, superlative most pelfish)
- (obsolete) Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.
- 1582, Richard Stanihurst, The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis:
- Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pelfish.
References
- “pelfish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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