Lappish

[lap-ish]

noun

Lapp(def 2).

adjective

Also Lap·pic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Lapland or the Lapps.

Origin of Lappish

First recorded in 1870–75; Lapp + -ish¹

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Examples from the Web for lappish

Historical Examples of lappish

The Russian Lapp indeed has few true and Lappish attributes.
Through Arctic Lapland
Cutcliffe Hyne
Lappish words to make the dogs quicken their pace or to halt.
Fridtjof Nansen
Jacob B. Bull
Lappish (or Lapponic) forms a link between them and Mordvinian.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4
Various
But that they once had names of their own is shown by the genuine Lappish names for some of the larger islands.
In Northern Mists (Volume 1 of 2)
Fridtjof Nansen
I fancy we had, on the whole, a good educational effect upon our Lappish carriers.
Through Arctic Lapland
Cutcliffe Hyne

British Dictionary definitions for lappish

Lappish

adjective

of or relating to the Lapps, a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, or their language

noun

the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

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