fluish

English

Etymology

flu +‎ -ish

Adjective

fluish (comparative more fluish, superlative most fluish)

  1. Characteristic of influenza; flulike.
    • 1988, D. M. Thomas, Memories and Hallucinations, page 183:
      The day after I'd finished the screenplay, I felt fluish and heavy in the legs. The fluishness and heavy-leggedness increased.
    • 2006, Sterling R. Braswell, American Meth:
      The sense of déja vu is caught up in my vague, fluish dreams.
    • 2008, Shirley Abbott, The Future of Love, page 89:
      Then some fluish malaise crept through him.
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