ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fieldish

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Fieldish is an adjective meaning Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the field; belonging to the country; rural.

Meaning

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the field; belonging to the country; rural.

Example Sentences

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 thynne
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.

Synonyms for fieldish

Depending on context, synonyms include fieldy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fielden, ruralistic, rural, epichorial, agrestic, farmly.

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