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gentilish

gentilish adjective: heathenish; pagan.

Adjective

gentilish (comparative more gentilish, superlative most gentilish)

  1. (archaic) heathenish; pagan
    • filing the tongue of Scripture to a Gentilish Idiom1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC
    • Gentilish Prophet1665, Francis Roberts, Clavis bibliorum; the Key of the Bible

Forms of gentilish

comparativemore gentilish
superlativemost gentilish

Origin of gentilish

From gentile + -ish.

Questions about gentilish

What does gentilish mean?
Gentilish means heathenish; pagan.
What part of speech is gentilish?
Gentilish is an adjective.

Words near gentilish in the dictionary

  1. gentilicium
  2. gentilics
  3. gentilise
  4. gentilised
  5. gentilises
  6. gentilish
  7. gentilising
  8. gentilism
  9. gentilisms
  10. gentilitial
  11. gentilitials

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