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English
Etymology
From pelf + -ish.
Adjective
pelfish (comparative more pelfish, superlative most pelfish)
- (obsolete) Of the nature of pelf: undignified, trashy.
1582, Richard Stanihurst, The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis:Wherefore, that I may the sooner vnbroyde ye pelfish trash
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pelfish.
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