Anglish

[ ang-glish ]

noun

1. a version of the English language that uses only words and roots of Anglo-Saxon or Germanic origin, while excluding its borrowings from Latinate and other languages.
2. Rare. Also An·gli·an []. one of the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglish¹

First recorded in 1650–60 Anglish fordef 2; Anglish def 1 coined in 1966 by British humorist and author Paul Jennings (1918–89) in a series of articles entitled “1066 and All Saxon”; Angl(e) ( def ) + -ish ¹( def )

Example Sentences

I spike Anglish veree splendidlee," says he, "I th-thank ju.

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I’ll stick by you brave Anglish lads,” answered the Dutchman.

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You talk much of de Anglish ladies.

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You bêtes Anglish, you send my wessel to bottom last cruise, and sixty of my braves-garçons wid her.

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“Too mosh me no speakee Anglish!” he promptly replied, shrugging his shoulders until they touched the great gold rings that adorned the lobes of his ears, and spreading out his hands, palms upward, toward me.

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