Basque
noun
ˈbask 
ˈbäsk
1
: a member of a people inhabiting the western Pyrenees on the Bay of Biscay
2
: the language of the Basques of unknown relationship
3
not capitalized : a tight-fitting bodice for women
Basque adjective
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, ultimately from Latin Vasco member of a group of ancient peoples inhabiting the present Basque country
First Known Use
1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- unpresumptuously
- unpretended
- unpretending
- unpretentious
- unpretentiously
- unpretentiousness
- unpretentiousnesses
- unprettier
- unprettiest
- unprettiness
- unpretty
- unprevailing
- unpreventable
- unpreventableness
- unpreventably
- unprevented
- unpriced
- unpricked
- unpriest
- unpriested
- unpriesting
- unpriestlier
- unpriestliest
- unpriestly
- unpriests