- uplandish
- up·land·ish
English syllables. 2014.
uplandish
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Uplandish — Up*land ish, a. Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His presence made the rudest peasant melt, That in the wild, uplandish country… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
uplandish — I. |əp|landish, aan , dēsh adjective Etymology: Middle English uplondish, from up + land, lond land, country + ish archaic : upland IV a II. adjective Etymology … Useful english dictionary
uplandish — adjective Wild or savage; mountainous, or dwelling in the mountains … Wiktionary
Christie-Cleek — (or Cleek or of the Cleek), is a legendary Scottish cannibal, somewhat in the vein of the better known Sawney Bean. According to folklore, his real name was Andrew Christie, a Perth butcher. During a severe famine in the mid fourteenth century… … Wikipedia
úplendisc — adj uplandish, from the uplands, country (as opposed to town), rural, rustic, from beyond the town; [úpland] … Old to modern English dictionary
