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Etymology

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From Middle English ledisshe, ledische, equivalent to lead +‎ -ish.

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ledish (comparative more ledish, superlative most ledish)

  1. (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.

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From Old English lēodisċ (to or of the people, national) (as in þiderlēodisċ), equivalent to lede +‎ -isch.

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ledish

  1. Pertaining to the people; popular; national.