gentilish

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English

Etymology

From gentile +‎ -ish.

Adjective

gentilish (comparative more gentilish, superlative most gentilish)

(archaic) heathenish; pagan
- 1645 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:
  filing the tongue of Scripture to a Gentilish Idiom
- 1665, Francis Roberts, Clavis bibliorum; the Key of the Bible:
  Gentilish Prophet
- 1894, Alexander Brown, The Great Day of the Lord:
  Gentilish elements

References

“gentilish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

nightlies, sightline, telishing

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