▪ I. † peoplish, a. Obs. rare—1.
In 5 pepelyssh, poeplissh.
[f. poeple, people n. + -ish1.]
Plebeian, clownish, vulgar.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iv. 1677 Euery thing þat souned in-to badde, As rudenesse an pepelyssh [v.r. poeplissh] appetit. |
▪ II. † peoplish, v. Obs. rare—0.
[f. people n. + -ish2.]
trans. To people.
| 1530 Palsgr. 655/2, I peplysshe, I fyll or store with people, je peuple... The towne is nat all thynge so bygge as Yorke, but it is better peoplysshed. |