Lettish, a. (n.)
(ˈlɛtɪʃ)
[f. Lett + -ish.]
Pertaining to the Letts or their language. Also absol. as n., the language of the Letts.
| 1831 For. Q. Rev. VIII. 63 One of the most important personages of the ancient Lettish mythology. 1841 Latham Eng. Lang. 3 The Livonian (or Lettish) of Livonia and of Courland. 1842 Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 183 These dialects are the Lettish, Lithuanian, and the Proper Pruthenian. 1881 Freeman Hist. Geog. Eur. I. xi. 466 note, Lett, with the adjective Lettish, is the special name of one of the obscurer members of the family. 1888 King & Cookson Sound & Inflex. ii. 34 The Baltic family contains the three divisions of Old Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettish. |