gentilish

English

Etymology

From gentile +‎ -ish.

Adjective

gentilish (comparative more gentilish, superlative most gentilish)

1. (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