Lish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lish is a noun meaning (British dialect) active; nimble; lithe.
Meaning
(British dialect) active; nimble; lithe.
More Meanings
- (linguistics) A hybrid variety of English having a name that is derived from a portmanteau of the name of one language and the word English, such as Chinglish (Chinese + English), Spanglish (Spanish + English), Taglish (Tagalog + English), etc.
Example Sentences
Similarly, little attention, if any, has been paid to the etymology of “lishes”, including questions of how the terms have been formed from their two base forms, or if the terms were originally formed in English or other languages.
Word Forms
- lishes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include english, litch, liss, lias, lych, lash.
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