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Definition of Offish
1. Adjective. Lacking cordiality; unfriendly. "A standoffish manner"
Definition of Offish
1. a. Shy or distant in manner.
Definition of Offish
1. Adjective. aloof ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offish
1. aloof [adj] : OFFISHLY [adv] - See also: aloof
Medical Definition of Offish
1. Shy or distant in manner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offish
Literary usage of Offish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Scientific Serials of All Countries, Including the Transactions ...by Samuel Hubbard Scudder by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1879)
"(These were preceded hy the following : report of the commissioners . . .
concerning the artificial propagation offish. with other documents. 1857 (Boston). ..."
2. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1915)
"The culture offish for the Great Lakes, 206. Fisheries of the Mississippi River
and its tributaries, 207. The mussel fishery and the manufacture of pearl ..."
3. A Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States of America: Its by Timothy Pitkin (1817)
"... and quantity offish exported during the same period—Whale fishery originated
at Nantucket in 1690—Amount of tonnage and number of seamen employed in it ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"But to return to our authoress, who, besides the above mentioned, gives indirections
for choosing all kinds offish, poultry, butchers' meat, and vegetables, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Game Laws, and on Fisheries: With an Appendix, Containing by Joseph Chitty (1812)
"So offish which come down with the water, when the water is running through your
land, you may lawfully take the fish, ..."
6. Voyages from Holland to America, A.D. 1632 to 1644 by David Pietersz. de Vries (1853)
"There are many kinds offish which we have not in our Fatherland, so that I cannot
name them all. In the fresh waters, are pike, perch, roach, and trout. ..."
7. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1837)
"... pork, venison, hares, (offish; all shell-fish, hard and slimy fish, &c.
Of herbs; pulse, cabbage, mellons, garlick, onions, Sic. All roots, raw fruits, ..."
8. Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1843)
"offish, fish refuse, whale blubber, and oil. The bones of fish are similar in
composition to those of terrestrial animals (Part 111., p. ..."
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