backfisch

noun

back·​fisch

ˈbäkˌfish

plural backfische

-shə

: an adolescent immature girl

his family … two grown-up gawky sons, and a backfisch daughter

—A. L. Mikhelson

Word History

Etymology

German, literally, fish for baking or frying, from backen to bake, fry (from Old High German backan) + fisch fish, from Old High German fisc

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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