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fairish, a. and adv.|ˈfɛərɪʃ|
[f. fair a. and adv. + -ish.]
A. adj. Somewhat fair.
1. Moderately good, passable.
1611Cotgr., Bellastre, fairish, reasonably faire, passable. 1660in Howell Lexicon. 1847Illust. Lond. News 28 Aug. 142/1, I rowed in a fairish ‘eight’. 1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 331 So ended a fairish day's sport. 1882B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. xi. 226 Sometimes..he is in fairish spirits.
b. dial. Tolerably well (in health); † also, merry with drink.
1756W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 3 Humphry..was now quite fairish, as he called it, and attended to nothing but spouting speeches from Shakespear's Pistol. 1876Oxfordsh. Gloss. s.v., ‘I be fairish.’ 1888Berksh. Gloss. s.v. Vaairish, ‘I be a veelin' varish now zur’.
2. Considerable in amount; fairly large. colloq.
1881Leicestersh. Gloss., ‘Theer's pritty feerish on 'em this turn.’ 1883D. C. Murray Hearts II. 136 Cost a fairish penny, didn't it? 1884Gd. Words 229 Two fairish sized tubs.
B. adv. In a fair manner; to a fair degree. colloq. or dial.
1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Knights i. iii, I..got laughed at pretty fairish. 1877Holderness Gloss. s.v., ‘Ah's gettin' on fairish wi job.’ 1881Leicestersh. Gloss. s.v., ‘Surs! it's feerish waarm.’ |