fishifyv.
/ˈfɪʃɪfʌɪ/ transitive. To turn (flesh) into fish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > in substance or essence
transubstantiate1584
fishify1597
transubstantialize1647
transessentiate1675
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iv. 36 O flesh flesh how art thou fishified . View more context for this quotation
1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 Poetry 241 Ev'ry dish Seem'd transmuted..There was fishified flesh, and fleshified fish.
1865 Examiner 11 Mar. 151/3 We have, in an English version..the good flesh of Moliere's shrewd simple prose fishified by Mr. Kenney into..verse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
v.1597- wild cotton
- wild cress
- wild cumin
- wild date
- wild deer
- wild dilly
- wild dog
- wild dog rose
- wild duck
- wild elder
- wild fee
- wild fennel-flower
- wild fennelflower
- wild flax
- wild garden
- wild gardener
- wild gardening
- wild garlic
- wild geese
- wild geranium
- wild germander
- wild ginger
- wild goat
- wild goose
- wild goose chase