Czechishadj.
/ˈtʃɛkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛkɪʃ/ Now rare.
= Czech adj.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Bohemia or Czech Republic > [adjective]
Bohemish1546
Bohemian1574
Bohemic1640
Czechish1830
Czechian1837
Czechoslovak1915
Czechoslovakian1918
Czech1992
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavic > Lechitic > Czech
Bohemish1546
Bohemic1640
Bohemian1650
Czech1817
Czechish1830
Czechian1837
Czechic1854
1830 Encycl. Americana II. 158/1 The Czechish (Bohemian) dialect was the first of the Sclavonic idioms which was cultivated scientifically.
1884 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. Oct. 618 Church historians both German and Czechish.
1925 Economist 4 Apr. 661/1 As for the Elbe, nearly all its navigable part is not Czechish.
1957 Harper's Mag. Nov. 84/2 The Czechish Jew who produced some of the most powerful and prophetic images of twentieth-century violence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1830