fishy
adj.
late 15c., "fish-like, slimy," from fish, n. + -y(2). In reference to taste, from 1540s. Sense of "shady, questionable" is first recorded 1840, perhaps from the notion of "slipperiness," or of giving off a bad odor.
| 词汇 | fishy |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary fishy adj. late 15c., "fish-like, slimy," from fish, n. + -y(2). In reference to taste, from 1540s. Sense of "shady, questionable" is first recorded 1840, perhaps from the notion of "slipperiness," or of giving off a bad odor. |
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