up·land·ish I. \|əp|landish, -aan-, -dēsh\adjective Etymology: Middle English uplondish, from up + land, lond land, country + -ish archaic: upland IV a II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from uppeland, upland + -ish 1.obsolete: provincial, rustic, crude < the rude and uplandish plowmen — Thomas More > 2.obsolete: outlandish