Word Meanings - SWAINISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. "An ungentle and swainish beast." Milton. -- Swain"ish*ness, n. Emerson.
Related words: (words related to SWAINISH)
- BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - BEASTLIKE
Like a beast. - RUSTICAL
Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n. - SWAINLING
A little swain. - BEASTLINESS
The state or quality of being beastly. - BEASTINGS
See BIESTINGS - RUSTICATE
To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope. - RUSTICITY
The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness. The sweetness and rusticity of a pastoral can not be so well expressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when rightly mixed and qualified with the Doric - IGNORANTLY
In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently. Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Acts xvii. 23. - SWAINMOTE
A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, - IGNORANTIST
One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist. - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - BEASTHOOD
State or nature of a beast. - RUSTICLY
In a rustic manner; rustically. Chapman. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - RUSTICATED
resembling rustic work. See Rustic work , under Rustic. - RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower. - SWAINSHIP
The condition of a swain. - UNGENTLE
Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh. Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. Shak. That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv. - SWAIN
1. A servant. Him behoves serve himself that has no swain. Chaucer. 2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry. It were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. Shak. - SEA BEAST
Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean. - BOATSWAIN
An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. The jager gull. The tropic bird. Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. - COCKSWAIN
The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew. - SELF-IGNORANT
Ignorant of one's self.