English Explanatory Dictionary

telish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Punish (an innocent person) for the sake of deterrence; subject (a person) to telishment.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛlɪʃ/

Word forms

telish telishes telishing telished

Etymology

Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “result”, “end”, loosely “the greater good”) and the English (pun)ish, after telishment.

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