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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1438, 1535
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(Fetis,) Fetys(e, a. Also: fettis, fetas, -ase, -asse. [ME. fetys(e, fetis(e (14th c.), OF. fetis, feitis.] Well or elegantly made; handsome. a1400 Legends of the Saints xlv. 8.
Scho ves his perand are, Fetyse, fasonyt wele & faire c1420 Wynt. iii. 938.
This lume mad apon this wys, Polyst fayre and rycht fetys c1420 Ib. iv. 207.
A knycht … Fayr off fassowne and fetys [C. fetasse, A. fetase] ?1438 Alex. i. 1006.
Licanor was ane partie broun, And wonder fetas of fassoune 1535 Stewart 23865.
This king of Britis, … Thre sonis had baith fettis, fair and fyne
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