Definition of Fishiness

1. n. The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike.

Definition of Fishiness

1. Noun. The quality of being fishy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fishiness

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Medical Definition of Fishiness

1. The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishiness

fishhead
fishheads
fishhood
fishhook
fishhooks
fishie
fishier
fishies
fishiest
fishified
fishifies
fishify
fishifying
fishily
fishin'
fishiness
fishinesses
fishing
fishing boat
fishing boats
fishing cat
fishing cats
fishing eagle
fishing expedition
fishing expeditions
fishing gear
fishing ground
fishing grounds
fishing hook
fishing hooks

Literary usage of Fishiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Agriculture in Other Lands (Great Britain, Denmark, Canada, South Africa by J. A. Kinsella (1906)
"There have been many theories advanced as to the cause of fishiness in butter. ... I believe, however, that if this germ causes fishiness in butter, ..."

2. The Butter Industry: Prepared for the Use of Creameries, Dairy Students and by Otto Frederick Hunziker (1920)
"Twenty-seventh Annual Report Ontario Agr. Exp. Sta., p. 79, 1901. Hammer—Fishiness In Evaporated Milk. Iowa Research Bui., 1917. ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"the fishiness o' that kiss! I had hung up my claes to dry on a peak o' the cliff — for it was ane o' thae lang midsummer nichts, ..."

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