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  Pictish

  noun

  the language of the Picts, apparently a Celtic language.
• pictish
  pictish

  noun

  the language of the Picts, of which few records survive. Its origins are much disputed and it was extinct by about 900 _ad

Pictish

American  

[pik-tish] / ˈpɪk tɪʃ /

noun

1. the language of the Picts, apparently a Celtic language.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Picts.

pictish British  

/ ˈpɪktɪʃ /

noun

1. the language of the Picts, of which few records survive. Its origins are much disputed and it was extinct by about 900 _ad

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Picts

Etymology

Origin of Pictish

First recorded in 1700–10; Pict + -ish ¹

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Example Sentences

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Pictish

A "remarkable" Pictish ring thought to be at least 1,000 years old has been discovered by a volunteer on a dig in Moray.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024

Mainland’s archaeological gems include Jarlshof, which includes ruins from the Bronze, Iron, Pictish and Viking eras, and, just offshore, the some 2,000-year-old Broch of Mousa.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

With woad-daubed face and Pictish beard, as well as the backdrop of primeval, Pasolini-esque landscape, Fassbender’s Macbeth is unquestionably a boundary-pushing take on Shakespeare.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2015

The site was occupied for many centuries after the bronze age and also includes iron age and Pictish remains.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2012

The discipline, as the rebel generals said afterwards, was not Pictish.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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