# fishwife

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
2. A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
3. A person, especially a woman, with poor personal hygiene.
4. The wife of a homosexual man.

## Etymology
From Middle English fysshewyfe; equivalent to fish + wife (“(obsolete) woman”) (see also midwife).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fishwife