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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HE'ATHENISH, a. Belonging to Gentiles or pagans; as heathenish rites.
1. Rude; illiterate; wild; uncivilized.
2. Barbarous; savage; cruel; rapacious.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 1567 resembling or characteristic of heathens; barbarous • heathenishly adverb
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Heathenish Hea"then*ish, a. [AS. h[=ae][eth]enisc.] 1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. ``Worse than heathenish crimes.'' --Milton. 2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. --South. 3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
a. 1. Heathen, pagan, Gentile. 2. Barbarous, savage, cruel, inhuman.
