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  Hunnish

  adjective

  of or relating to the Huns.
• hunnish
  hunnish

  adjective

  of, relating to, or characteristic of the Huns

Hunnish

American  

[huhn-ish] / ˈhʌn ɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Huns.

2. (sometimes lowercase) barbarous; destructive.

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hunnish British  

/ ˈhʌnɪʃ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Huns

2. barbarously destructive; vandalistic

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Other Word Forms

• Hunnishness
  noun
• Hunnishly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of Hunnish

First recorded in 1810–20; Hun + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

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Hunnish

But now thirteen years had passed, and they had neither seen nor heard from the Hunnish king and queen, and Gunther no longer feared trouble from that source.

From Stories of the Nibelungen for Young People by Various

Hunnish chiefs seem to have adopted Gothic manners, and after the Huns had disappeared it often came to be forgotten that they were not Germans.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

He fought vigorously against the Hunnish invaders from the northern deserts, and he began that immense work, the Great Wall of China, to set a limit to their incursions.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

If the Albanian and Hunnish versions could be found, they would be of the greatest linguistic importance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

I'll tell you what to do; To my good friends go tender my love and service true, And bid them deign ride hither, and taste our Hunnish cheer.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown