Heathenish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a heathen.

    "[…] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam wordnet

Example

More examples

"[…] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’"

Etymology

From heathen + -ish. Compare with Old English hǣþenisc.

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