fieldish
fieldish adjective: of, belonging to, or characteristic of the field; belonging to the country; rural.
Adjective
fieldish (comparative more fieldish, superlative most fieldish)
- Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the field; belonging to the country; rural.
- My mothers maydes when they do Sowe and Spinne
They ſing a ſonge made of the fieldiſh mowſe [cf. Egerton Manuscript 2711 version: “they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe”]
that for becauſe her lyvelode was but thynnea. 1542, Thomas Wyatt and unknown editors, “My mothers maydes when they do Sowe and Spinne” in the Arundel Harington Manuscript, no. 142 - But till this hour I did account it an idle tale of poets’ faming, that amid woods, forests, fertile fields, seacoasts, shores of great rivers and fountain brinks, and also upon the tops of huge and high mountains, do still appear unto certain favoured eyes the sundry-sorted nymphs and fieldish...1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 314, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- fieldy
- My mothers maydes when they do Sowe and Spinne
Synonyms of fieldish
Forms of fieldish
| comparative | more fieldish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fieldish |
Origin of fieldish
From earlier feldishe, equivalent to field + -ish.
Questions about fieldish
- What does fieldish mean?
- Fieldish means of, belonging to, or characteristic of the field; belonging to the country; rural.
- What part of speech is fieldish?
- Fieldish is an adjective.
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