HEATHEN, HEATHENISH
ADJECTIVES
► DARK-SELVIDGED heathenish in appearance → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEATHENOUS heathen → 1613 obs.
► HEATHENY heathen, heathenish → 1580 obs.
► PAGAN heathenish → 1550
► PAGANIC characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish → 1676 obs.
► PAGANICAL characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish → 1573 obs.
► SARACENIC barbaric, heathenish → 1837
► UNCIRCUMCISED not spiritually chastened or purified; irreligious; heathen → a1400
ADVERBS
► SARACENLY with heathenish violence; barbarously → 1596 obs.
NOUNS
► HEATHENESSE the quality or condition of being heathen; the belief and practice of the heathen → c900 arch.
► HEATHENHEDE the domain or realm of the heathen; heathen people collectively; the heathen world → a1300 obs.
► HEATHENHOOD the belief and practice of the heathen → c1275 obs.
► HEATHENSHIP heathenism, heathendom → a1000 obs.
► PAGANDOM the pagan world; heathendom → 1853
NOUNS – PERSON
► GENTILE a heathen, a pagan → 1390
► HEATHEN 1. one who holds a religious belief which is neither Christian, Jewish, nor Muslim; a pagan → c1000
2. one who has no more religion, enlightenment, or culture than a pagan → 1817
► HEATHENESS a female heathen; a heathen woman → 1876
► HEATHENIC a person who is not Christian or Jewish; a heathen, a pagan → 1554 obs.
► HEATHENIST one supporting heathenism (the religious or moral system of heathens) → a1556 obs.
► PAGAN 1. one who does not worship the true God; a heathen; earlier, a non-Christian → c1375
2. a person of heathenish character or habits → 1841
► SARACEN a non-Christian, a heathen, a pagan; an unbeliever, an infidel → c1250 obs.