† fellishadj.1
Obsolete. rare.
Characterized by fells (fell n.3 1); hilly, mountainous.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective]
hilly1390
fellish1570
hillish1582
the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath
moorish1548
moorland1568
fellish1570
moory1794
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by
mountuousa1382
fellish1570
mountainy1591
mountainous1598
mountainly1603
alpestrious1615
montanous1623
montanic1799
mountained1820
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miiv/1 Fellish, montanus.
1580 in H. Brierley Registers of Matterdale Church (1908) p. i The great annoyances of snow or other fowle wether in the winter season in that fellish parte.
1819 W. Green Tourist's New Guide Lakes II. 266 Those within the fellish recesses attend exclusively to the breeding, health, and growth of their sheep, and their sale, when fit for the low land market.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† fellishadj.2
Obsolete. rare.
Fierce, savage. Cf. fell adj.1 4.
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the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > wild or vicious
wildc725
wrothOE
keenOE
ramagec1300
fell?c1335
furiousc1374
fierce1377
ramageousa1398
eagerc1405
savage1447
naughtyc1460
criminal1477
ill1480
shrewd1509
mankind1519
roidc1540
mad1565
horn-mad1579
fierceful1607
man-keen1607
indomite1617
fellish1638
ferocious1646
ferousa1652
ferinea1676
kwaai1827
skelm1827
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] > somewhat
fellish1638
grimmish1864
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective] > somewhat
fellish1638
fierceish1840
1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. S3 Never was wild Boare more fellish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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