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heathenish

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

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

  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.’

    The opposite wall of this entry was hung all over with a heathenish array of monstrous clubs and spears.