unfishiness

English

Etymology

unfishy +‎ -ness

Noun

unfishiness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of not being a fish; the state of being unfishy.
   • 2009, Philip Hoare, Leviathan, Or, The Whale, page 375:

     [I]t is part of the whale's essential unfishiness that its tail moves in the mammalian tradition.

   • 2010, Sara Moulton, Sara Moulton's Everyday Family Dinners, page 221:

     In truth, it's the unfishiness of fish sticks that may be the real source of their appeal. “Uncomfortable around fish?” wondered a smart recent TV commercial. “Try Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks.” Exactly. Fish sticks are breaded, deep-fried, frozen […]