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thievish, a.|ˈθiːvɪʃ|
Forms: α. 5 thef-, 6 theaffish. β. 5–6 theu-, 6 thev-, 6–7 theeu-, 6–8 theev-, 6– thievish.
[f. thief, thiev- (see note in etym. s.v.) + -ish1.]
†1. Infested or frequented by thieves. Obs.
1483Cath. Angl. 382/2 Thefyische (A. A Thefis place), crebrifurus, spoliatorium. 1535Coverdale 1 Macc. i. 35 Thus became it a theuysh castell. 1541Bible (Cranmer) Ps. x. 8 He syteth lurkyng in y⊇ theuish corners of the stretes. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iv. i. 79 Or walke in theeuish waies. 1632Lithgow Trav. vii. 335 Three French murderers set vppon me in a theeuish Wood.
2. Inclined or given to thieving; dishonest.
1538Elyot, Furax, acis, theuyshe, a great picker. 1552Huloet, Theaffyshe and thieuyshe, furax, cis. 1555Eden Decades 300 A theeuysshe kynd of men. 1575Gamm. Gurton v. ii, A theeuisher knaue is not on liue. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 236 Rashboots a theeuish but valiant people in India vnder the Mogul. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. x. 414 Their Magistrates are corrupt their people thievish. 1883J. Gilmour Mongols xxxi. 363 The Mongol is despised as ignorant, dirty, stupid, and thievish.
3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a thief or thieves; thief-like; furtive, stealthy.
c1450[implied in thievishly adv.]. c1460[implied in thievishness]. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 152 Yet wrought it not so well, For all their theevish pace. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. ii. iii. 33 Enforce A theeuish liuing on the common rode. c1600― Sonn. lxxvii, Times theeuish progresse to eternitie. 1691Hartcliffe Virtues 95 According to the manner of Thievish War, the Conqueror by Proclamation gave away the Houses and Possessions of such as were vanquished. 1735Thomson Liberty iii. 399 Corruption's Thievish Arts. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville III. 8 Their extortion, and their thievish propensities. |