a. and sb. [f. LAPP + -ISH.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Lapps or their language. B. sb. The language of the Lapps.
1875. Jevons, Money, iv. 20. Its equivalent in the kindred Lappish tongue.
1877. Dawson, Orig. World, xiv. 299. The smaller or Lappish race.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2498/1. He … translated Luther’s catechism into Lappish; wrote … a Lappish spelling-book [etc.].
1897. Saga-Bk. Viking Club, Jan., 344. Peter being a Finnish Lap spoke Kvænsk as well as Lappish.
