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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Origin of Hunnish
Example Sentences
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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)
They succeeded in wounding, not in killing the Gothic king, whose death supervened in his one hundred and tenth year from the joint effects of his wound and fear of the Hunnish invasion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
I'm now," pursued Sir Hagan, "beset with grievous care; The shield that Lady Gotelind gave me late to bear, Is hewn and all-to broken by many a Hunnish brand.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
The eastern steppes and deserts of Mongolia was the region of origin of the Hunnish or Mongolian or Tartar or Turkish peoples—for all these several peoples were akin in language, race, and way of life.
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
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