landish

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the land

Adjective

  1. 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.

Forms

more landish most landish

Related

inlandish outlandish uplandish