[1650–60; poor + -ish1]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agency, cardholder, oscillation, syllabus, triplet-ish is a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”(British; Danish; English; Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish)
Examples of 'poorish' in a sentence
poorish
They have poorish eyesight, so the stripes probably aren't for signalling to each other.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has had - by his standards - a poorish few weeks.