gish

See also: Gish

English

Etymology

The term originates in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game, where it originally referred to a Githyanki fighter/wizard combination. Gish is not an official term used in D&D referring to this, but is also used to refer to any character who has a martial/spellcasting combination of abilities.

Noun

gish (plural gishes)

  1. (fantasy roleplaying games) A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic.
    Most gishes use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as "buffing").
  2. (slang) An outsider. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

Etymology

From the root -GIZH (“make a motion with a sticklike object”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɪ̀ʃ], [kɣɪ̀ʃ]

Noun

gish

  1. digging stick, planting stick
  2. cane, staff, crutch

Inflection
possessives of gish
singular duoplural plural
1st person shigish nihigish danihigish
2nd person nigish nihigish danihigish
3rd person bigish
4th person (3o) yigish
4th person (3a) hagish
Indefinite (3i) agish
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