Meaning

3 senses

  1. Wild or savage; mountainous, or dwelling in the mountains.

  2. (obsolete)Of or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts.

  3. (obsolete)Rustic, rude, boorish; countrified, unsophisticated, or uncivilized.

Origin

From Middle English uplondish, oplondysch, uplondysch, from Old English uplendisc (“upland

From Middle English uplondish, oplondysch, uplondysch, from Old English uplendisc (“uplandish”); equivalent to upland + -ish.

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Forms

more uplandish, most uplandish
Comparativemore uplandish Lesson
Superlativemost uplandish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

35 synonyms
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Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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