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featish, a.|ˈfiːtɪʃ|
[Altered form of ME. fetis (see featous) with the ending assimilated to the suffix -ish.]
†a. Elegant, neat (obs.—0: see featous and next word).
b. dial. Pretty good, tolerable, considerable; fairly well in health.
1825J. Britton Beauties of Wiltsh. III. 373 ‘How do you do?’..‘Featish’. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v., ‘There's a featish crop o' pears upo' that tree.’ Ibid., ‘They be featish liars i' Swillin'ton.’ 1888Berksh. Gloss. s.v. Veatish, ‘Ther be a veatish lot on um.’ Ibid., ‘I be got rid o' the doctor, an' be a-veelin' quite veatish like now.’
Hence † ˈfeatishness. Obs. neatness.
1530Palsgr. 219/1 Featysshnesse, propernesse, feactise. |