landish
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the land
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the land
- […] — a ferret, for example, with its fierce eyes plucked from the reefs of coral seas, and its affinity, albeit a landish affinity, with the bears of the polar spaces. - 1953, George Reid Millar, Siesta:
- These chapters are chapter 24 — "the Advocate," the chapter that marks the transition from the "landish" part of the novel to its sea part, and the famous chapter 32, "Cetology." - 2003, Eyal Peretz, Literature,...
- So it turns out, she was a landish woman. - 2007, Aracelis Girmay, Teeth:
Origin
From Middle English londish, londiss, from Old English *lendisċ (attested in inlendisċ, ūtlendisċ, uplendisċ, etc.), from Proto-Germanic: *landiskaz. Equivalent to land + -ish.