Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of fens; fenny; marshy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Abounding in fens; fenny.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Abounding in fens; fenny.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

fen +‎ -ish

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fennish.

Examples

  • There's not an avenin 'but I thinks to meself: Now, me dear, yu've a-got one more to fennish, an' then yu'll 'eve yore cup o' tea.

    The Foundations John Galsworthy 1900

  • There's not an avenin 'but I thinks to meself: Now, me dear, yu've a-got one more to fennish, an' then yu'll 'eve yore cup o' tea.

    Complete Plays of John Galsworthy John Galsworthy 1900

  • There's not an avenin 'but I thinks to meself: Now, me dear, yu've a-got one more to fennish, an' then yu'll 'eve yore cup o' tea.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • When he opened his eyes the dirigible was making another turn, less precipitous than before and — he hadn’t realized, but now saw through ragged gaps in the fog — at a lower altitude, some two hundred feet above what looked like a low fennish grassland, with scarcely a single tree in sight.

    The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.