ˈkipperish,a.rare. [f. kipper a. + -ish1.] Characteristic of a ‘kipper’ fish: see kipper n.1and a. 1. 1658R. Franck North. Mem. (1821) 296 [The salmon] is then prohibited the benefit of salt-water to bathe her fins..which is the natural cause of her kipperish infirmity.