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Definition of Lappic
1. Noun. Any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages.
Generic synonyms: Uralic, Uralic Language
Specialized synonyms: Lapp, Saame, Saami, Same, Sami
Definition of Lappic
1. a. Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps.
Definition of Lappic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Lapland or its inhabitants, the Lapps. ¹
2. Proper noun. The language of the Lapps. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lappic
Literary usage of Lappic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Comparative Philology: With a Sketch of the Languages of Europe by Maximilian Schele de Vere (1853)
"... Bulgarian—lappic, Finnish proper, Estic—Magyar. EUROPE possesses only a few,
but very "largely extended, languages which belong to the second class, ..."
2. Chambers's Repository of Instructing and Amusing Tracts (1854)
"In a certain measure, the same state of things obtains as regards the Swedish
men and the lappic women: so long as the latter retain their original costume, ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1884)
"Kenn is not used by Montin as a generic or sub-generic term, but a simply the
lappic name append«! to Tetrao in brackets. ..."
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