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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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
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
When the Hunnish power broke in pieces on the death of Attila, the East Goths recovered their full independence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The German tribes rise in masses and, after a few months, the liberation from the Hunnish yoke is accomplished.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld
Yet merrily the champions prick'd along the strand Downward beside the Danube to reach the Hunnish land.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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