inlandish

adj

Etymology

In some senses, from inland + -ish ("resembling or pertaining to an inland region"); in other senses, apparently from Middle English inlendisc (“native, indigenous”), from Old English inlendisċ; seemingly always to serve as an antonym to outlandish (“foreign, extravagant”).

  1. inherited from inlendisċ
  2. inherited from inlendisc — “native, indigenous

Definitions

  1. Relating to or produced in the land itself, domestic, home, native.

    • Thou art all for inlandish meat, and outlandish sawces […]
    • So also let every one who is cognizant or perpetrator, where an outlandish man injures an inlandish one, clear himself of that privity, according to the value of the property; […]
  2. Characteristic of one who is native or native-born

    Characteristic of one who is native or native-born; inexperienced, naïve, simplistic, unrefined.

    • A rap is literally inlandish (the product of barbarians born within the gates), a scatological scat-singing, the agonistic display of an uncomplicatedly emoting mammal.
    • TALESPINNER, MILKO was in awe because he could tell some really outlandish, or maybe inlandish, tales himself. But, he had never heard such tales.
    • The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce regarded Berlin as inlandish and bureaucratic, given to underestimating the overpowering place of London as a gold, exchange and capital market, and unaware of the need for German trade to grow […]
  3. Of or pertaining to the interior of a country

    Of or pertaining to the interior of a country; of an inland nature or character.

    • Seaside greens need not become more and more “inlandish” in character.
    • There are some flattish, but not inlandish, holes on the way home from the turn, but I think the finish is rather weak when considered on a par with Deal, for instance.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for inlandish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA