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Lappish

[ lap-ish ]

adjective

  1. Also Lap·pic [] of, relating to, or characteristic of Lapland or the Sami.

ˈLappish

/ ˈlæpɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Lapps, a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, or their language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sensitive Note

See Lapp.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lappish1

First recorded in 1870–75; Lapp + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

The Activities Book at the front desk offered the usual excursions, along with a Lappish Dinner featuring “a real Sámi person.”

At the same time in Finland the prime minister, Jyrki Katainen, summoned several European leaders for a retreat in a Lappish resort to discuss how to bring greater “fairness” to European affairs.

Lappish words to make the dogs quicken their pace or to halt.

You shall be turned into a heather blossom on a Lappish moor and live only as long as a heather blossom lives, unless you will yield to my wishes.

Superficially, however, the resemblance is somewhat obscured by the difference in phonetics, for Lappish has an extraordinary fondness for diphthongs and also an unusually ample provision of consonants.

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lappet weavingL'Après-midi d'un Faune