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Lombardish en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English Lombardish, from Old English *Longbeardisc (“Lombardish”), equivalent to Lombard + -ish.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century C.E., their language, customs, or culture.
    • And also another scripture that men call the Lombardish law, deviseth thereof in divers cases; the which hereafter shall be declared by me unto thee. 1807, George Burnett, Specimens of English prose-writers:
  2. (not-comparable) Like a Lombard.
    • [...] Jazz became many things—frenetic, destructive, hysterical, decadent, venal, alcoholic, saccharine, Lombardish, vapid—it has enriched stuffed bellies; it has corrupted the innocent; [...] 2010, John Szwed, Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World:

Synonyms

Langobardish (of the Lombards)

Translations (1)

de langobardisch (related to the Lombards)

Lombardish en · PROPN

Etymology

From Middle English Lombardish, from Old English *Longbeardisc (“Lombardish”), equivalent to Lombard + -ish.

Meanings

  1. The language of the Lombards, an extinct Germanic language known from fragmentary evidence; Lombardic.

Synonyms

Langobardish

Translations (1)

de Langobardisch (the language of the Lombards)