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heathenish

[hee-thuh-nish]

adjective

of or pertaining to heathens: heathenish practices of idolatry.

like or befitting heathens; barbarous.

Origin:
before 900; Old English hǣthenisc. See heathen, -ish¹

Related forms

hea·then·ish·ly, adverb

hea·then·ish·ness, noun

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heathenish (ˈhiːðənɪʃ)

—*adj*
	of, relating to, or resembling a heathen or heathen culture

heathenishly

—*adv*

heathenishness

—n

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"It was a quiet Sunday morning, with more of the auroral rosy and white than of the yellow light in it, as if it dated from earlier than the fall of man, and still preserved a heathenish integrity."

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