fieldishadj.
/ˈfiːldɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfildɪʃ/ 1. That inhabits or comes from a field; of, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside; rustic, rural. Now rare.
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the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > terrestrial > inhabiting fields
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1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. L.iv They sing a song made of the feldishe mouse [a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) feld mowse].
1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure (1813) II. xxii. 251 He being in his fieldish house, besides the which there was a myll.
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) sig. Rr A rusticall, or fieldishe songe.
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 65 Vpon this hill one people of all sortes inhabyting: very many & diuerse susteyned by wilde foode and fieldishe reliefe.
1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress vii. 119 Her eyes grew big and frightened, like some little fieldish thing's that sees a hawk.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [adjective] > and open
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1587 M. Grove Most Famous Hist. Pelops & Hippodamia sig. B.viij If there be any wyght that myndes to trye By course of charets on the fieldish playne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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