Highlandishadj.
/ˈhʌɪləndɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhaɪləndɪʃ/ Of or characteristic of the Scottish Highlands; reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands.In quot. 1754 perhaps simply: of the nature of highland (highland n. 1a).
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1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 499 The high-landish mountaines overcled with Firre-trees.
1668 A. Honyman Surv. Naphtali I. i. 6 A pretence that will never be wanting, to malecontents and malapert wicked ones even katherines and highlandish theeves.
1715 J. Chamberlayne Oratio Dominica Pref. sig. ****2v Scoticam Superiorum Provinciarum (Highlandish Scots).
1754 A. Drummond Travels i. 10 The country around is altogether so highlandish, that sometimes..I really thought myself at home.
1799 R. Warner Second Walk through Wales vii. 175 The scenery and manners are perfectly Highlandish.
1858 Punch 15 May 201/1 Six bagpipers, looking Highlandish in dress but low Whitechapelish in countenance.
1892 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 19 June 4/1 When the actors get their highlandish costumes on they will feel as if they had been kilt.
1914 Life 21 May 931/1 Much of this [dialect] is of so outlandish—or Highlandish—a nature as to be beyond guessing at.
1942 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 2 Feb. 5/7 A perky little Scotch terrier by the Highlandish name of ‘Meg’.
2007 M. Rackwitz Trav. to Terra Incognita iii. 274 The whole royal visit was turned into a huge, farcical display of everything that was supposed to be ‘Highlandish’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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