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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

Example Sentences

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Pictish

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

Excavation work in 1996 unearthed five Pictish figure-of-eight houses – two circular sections linked by a doorway – and in 1998, a reconstructed Pictish house was built away from the excavated site.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2017

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

If the invasion alarm sounded, a network of 3,000 volunteers were ready to go to ground in smugglers' caves, coal mines and even 2,000-year-old Pictish chambers, to form Britain's last ditch line of defence.

From BBC ● May 10, 2015

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

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