"fieldish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fieldish [comparative], most fieldish [superlative]
Etymology: From earlier feldishe, equivalent to field + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|field|ish}} field + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} fieldish (comparative more fieldish, superlative most fieldish)
  1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the field; belonging to the country; rural. Synonyms: fieldy
    Sense id: en-fieldish-en-adj-s-vAkfyf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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          "ref": "a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt and unknown editors, “My mothers maydes when they do Sowe and Spinne” in the Arundel Harington Manuscript, no. 142",
          "roman": "woulde nedes go ſe her Towniſhe ſiſters howſe",
          "text": "My mothers maydes when they do Sowe and Spinne\nThey ſing a ſonge made of the fieldiſh mowſe [cf. Egerton Manuscript 2711 version: “they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe”]\nthat for becauſe her lyvelode was but thynne"
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          "text": "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 demigods. Which thing if I now verily behold, 'tis a great marvel, [...]",
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