landish
landish adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the land.
Adjective
landish (comparative more landish, superlative most landish)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the land
- […] — a ferret, for example, with its fierce eyes plucked from the reefs of coral seas, and its affinity, albeit a landish affinity, with the bears of the polar spaces.1953, George Reid Millar, Siesta
- These chapters are chapter 24 — "the Advocate," the chapter that marks the transition from the "landish" part of the novel to its sea part, and the famous chapter 32, "Cetology."2003, Eyal Peretz, Literature, Disaster, and the Enigma of Power
Forms of landish
| comparative | more landish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most landish |
Origin of landish
From Middle English londish, londiss, from Old English *lendisċ (attested in inlendisċ, ūtlendisċ, uplendisċ, etc.), from Proto-Germanic: *landiskaz. Equivalent to land + -ish.
Words that rhyme with landish
Questions about landish
- What does landish mean?
- Landish means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the land.
- What part of speech is landish?
- Landish is an adjective.
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