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Lap⋅pish

  [lap-ish]
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–noun
1. Lapp (def. 2).
–adjective
2. Also, Lappic. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Lapland or the Lapps.
Origin:
1870–75; Lapp + -ish 1

Lapp

  [lap]
–noun
1. Also called Lap⋅land⋅er  [lap-lan-der, -luhn-] . a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
2. Also called Lappish. any of the languages of the Lapps, closely related to Finnish.
Also called Sami.
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Lapp   (lāp)   
n.  See Sami.

[Swedish, from Old Swedish lapper, piece, perhaps of Finnish origin.]
Lap'pish (lāp'ĭsh) adj.
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Word Origin & History

Lapp 
1859; see Lapland.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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