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English
Etymology
From Middle English ledisshe, ledische, equivalent to lead + -ish.
Adjective
ledish (comparative more ledish, superlative most ledish)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of leadish
1676, Richard Sanders, Palmistry, the Secrets thereof Disclosed:[…] but when the Nose is Blewish, Wan, or of a Ledish colour, having little Red Specks, or Veins like Fibres interwoven as it were, this argues a great Heat, and driness of the Liver , so the face Red, discovers a Hot Complexion; […]
1883, Edward Carroll Franklin, A Manual of Venereal Diseases:Pressure by the finger, in the early stage, causes the disappearance of the ledish color, which at a later period leaves a livid stain, and in the third stage pressure produces no effect whatever.
1964, William Harvey, Gweneth Whitteridge, The Anatomical Lectures of William Harvey, page 280:...a duskey ash color, a durty greye, ledish in apostemate absque et cum venis livescentibus; more white and yellow, cley color contracti.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English lēodisċ (“to or of the people, national”) (as in þiderlēodisċ), equivalent to lede + -isch.
Adjective
ledish
- Pertaining to the people; popular; national.