Amerindish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Amerind +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

Amerindish (comparative more Amerindish, superlative most Amerindish)

  1. (very rare) Of or pertaining to Native American people.
    • 1994, Weihnachtsfrosch, talk.bizarre[1] (Usenet):
      I was hanging down in Georgetown tonight, trying to keep my friend George the Georgian surgeon from attacking women, when the vaguely Amerindish guy who spends most of his time in there scoring ballets walks over from across the room to ask me if I'd like to read a short story.
    • 2002, DataPacRat, rec.arts.sf.written[2] (Usenet):
      Formed from a federation of different colonies (the depressed Maritimes, French Quebec, self-centred Ontario, pseudo-Texan Prairies, laid-back B.C., and Amerindish north) who /didn't/ revolt, in self-defense against the union of colonies who did, almost the only thing keeping it together is the rarely-mentioned threat that their revolting neighbours <ahem> will be perfectly happy to take over, given the chance.