Lombardish

English

Etymology

From Middle English Lombardish, from Old English *Longbeardisc (“Lombardish”), equivalent to Lombard +‎ -ish.

Adjective

Lombardish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century C.E., their language, customs, or culture.
   • 1807, George Burnett, Specimens of English prose-writers:

     And also another scripture that men call the Lombardish law, deviseth thereof in divers cases; the which hereafter shall be declared by me unto thee.

2. Like a Lombard.
   • 2010, John Szwed, Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World:

     [...] Jazz became many things—frenetic, destructive, hysterical, decadent, venal, alcoholic, saccharine, Lombardish, vapid—it has enriched stuffed bellies; it has corrupted the innocent; [...]

Synonyms

• (of the Lombards): Langobardish

Translations

related to the Lombards

• German: langobardisch (de)

Proper noun

Lombardish

1. The language of the Lombards, an extinct Germanic language known from fragmentary evidence; Lombardic.

Synonyms

• (language): Langobardish

Translations

the language of the Lombards

• German: Langobardisch n