Chinish en · ADJ
Etymology
From China + -ish. Superseded by Chinese.
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) Chinese.
Ainan standeth 19 degrees on this side of the Equinoctiall line with neere China, from whence the Chinish nation haue their prouision for shipping and other necessaries requisite for their Nauie.
1589–1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation: