Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heathenish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: hea-then-ish
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a heathen.

Example Sentences

"[…] ‘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.’"
"The opposite wall of this entry was hung all over with a heathenish array of monstrous clubs and spears."
"Let it not be lawful to use wicked observations of the calends, and to keep the gentiles' holy-days, nor to deck houses with bays or green boughs; for all this is an heathenish observation."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hǣþenisc
Suffix: heathen

Inflected Forms

more heathenish (comparative) most heathenish (superlative)

Derived Forms

heathenishly heathenishness

Frequently Paired Words

heathenistic

Synonyms

heathenly heathenous pagan uncivilized animalistic barbarian barbaric barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic

Questions

What does heathenish mean?: Resembling a heathen.
Where does heathenish come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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