a. Sc. [said to be f. Fife the name of a Scotch county + -ISH; applied originally as a term of opprobrium to people from that county.] Somewhat deranged.
1822. Scott, Pirate, ix. Very, very Fifish, as the east-country fisher-folks say. Ibid. (1834), Redgauntlet, vii. ‘Just Fifish, wowf—a wee bit by the East-Nook or sae.’
