Hunnish
adjective
of or relating to the Huns.
Hunnish
American
[huhn-ish]
/ ˈhʌn ɪʃ /
adjective
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of or relating to the Huns.
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(sometimes lowercase) barbarous; destructive.
hunnish
British
/ ˈhʌnɪʃ /
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the Huns
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barbarously destructive; vandalistic
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Etymology
Origin of Hunnish
Example Sentences
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Walthari, who has become better beloved by the Hunnish king than were his own sons, also meditates escape, a great longing for fatherland, parents, and friends having seized him.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
Away on the steppes of eastern Asia various Mongolian tribes, the Hunnish peoples, were domesticating the horse and developing a very wide sweeping habit of seasonal movement between their summer and winter camping places.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
These are not Roman letters," he angrily murmurs; "neither are they Greek nor Cyrillic, and least of all Hunnish symbols.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r
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
Then she perceived that it was the Hunnish host coming on in vast numbers.
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora
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