uplandish

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adjective

Of or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts.

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bumpkinishcrudebarbaricheathenpagananimalisticbarbarianbarbarious
OriginMiddle English uplondish ← Old English uplendisc →
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Meanings

adjectiveuplandish (comparative more uplandish, superlative most uplandish)

comparative more uplandish · superlative most uplandish

  1. obsoleteOf or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts.
  2. obsoleteRustic, rude, boorish; countrified, unsophisticated, or uncivilized.

    Synonyms: bumpkinish, crude, barbaric, heathen, pagan, animalistic, barbarian, barbaric

  3. Wild or savage; mountainous, or dwelling in the mountains.

    Synonyms: feral, tameless, feral, ferine, indomite, savage, tameless, untame

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRustic, rude, boorish; countrified, unsophisticated, or uncivilized.

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bumpkinishcrudebarbaricheathenpagananimalisticbarbarianbarbaricbarbariousbarbarousbrutalbrutishGothicGothlikegrimheathenheathenishheathenlyheathenousincivil

adjectiveWild or savage; mountainous, or dwelling in the mountains.

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feraltamelessferalferineindomitesavagetamelessuntameuntamedwild
Also see
feralferineindomitesavagetamelessuntameuntamedwild

Origin

  1. Old Englishuplendisc“uplandish”
  2. Middle Englishuplondish
  3. Englishuplandish

From Middle English uplondish, oplondysch, uplondysch, from Old English uplendisc (“uplandish”); equivalent to upland + -ish.

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APA

uplandish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplandish

MLA

“uplandish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplandish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uplandish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplandish.

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