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ˈNetherlandish, a. and n.
[ad. Du. Nederlandsch, (G. Niederländisch), or f. Netherland + -ish1.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands.
1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 61 Fower and twentie elles of Portugall or Neatherlandish cloth. 1680Relig. Dutch iv. 39 All the Cities of this Netherlandish Country are full of these Mennonites. 1839W. Chambers Tour Holland 41/1 The coats of arms of the old Netherlandish nobility. 1875Whitney Life Lang. x. 181 Two important cultivated tongues, the Netherlandish and the English.
b. n. The language of the Netherlands; Dutch.
1890Chambers's Encycl. V. 744/2 The origin of new Netherlandish or Dutch is to be found with the Rederijkers. 1944Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 759/1 Languages: Spanish, English, French and Netherlandish. 1954Word X. Apr. 91 He [sc. Geschiere] admits that lg. amo (‘orge hâtive,’ barley) may come from German; or may come from Netherlandish. What he does not add explicitly is that lg. amo may have a fourfold source: German plus Netherlandish plus limbourgeois plus eupenois. 1974N.Y. Times 3 Feb. 14 The great majority, especially the educated and young, do not call the language they speak ‘Vlaams’, or Flemish; they call it ‘Nederlands’, meaning Dutch, or Netherlandish. |