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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[AS.

hǣðenisc

Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.

“Worse than heathenish crimes.”

Milton.

Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel.

South.

Irreligious;

as, a

heathenish

way of living

Adj.

Belonging to Gentiles or pagans; as heathenish rites.

Rude; illiterate; wild; uncivilized.

Barbarous; savage; cruel; rapacious.

heathenish ‎(comparative more heathenish, superlative most heathenish)