a. Obs. [f. Gr. ἔθνος (see ETHNIC) + -ISH.] = HEATHENISH.
1550. Becon, Fortr. Faithful, Prol. Walowing in al kind of wealthe like Ethnysh Epicures.
1563. Homilies, II. Idolatry (1859), 187. Helene … worshipped the King, and not the wood … for that is an ethnish error.
