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italish
/ɪˈtælɪʃ/
adj 2
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2VERB + ITALISH
written
ITALISH + NOUN
bartholomew, england, friar
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adj
1
Pertaining to Italy, its people, or language; Italian.
first Patron S. Frances, as we find in the history of his idolatrous feast, and also in the book of conformities of Frances to Christ, written by an Italish friar called Bartholomew Pisanus.
“O Italish England,” he wrote, “what has become of your ancient fortitude and might; since Tuscanism has come in, Vanity is above all else, and next comes villainy; there is no one who is not a minion; grand words cover feeble deeds.”
2
Made in the Italian manner, or appearing Italian.
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first Patron S. Frances, as we find in the history of his idolatrous feast, and also in the book of conformities of Frances to Christ, written by an Italish friar called Bartholomew Pisanus.
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“O Italish England,” he wrote, “what has become of your ancient fortitude and might; since Tuscanism has come in, Vanity is above all else, and next comes villainy; there is no one who is not a minion
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His independence incurred the wrath of other historians such as Leland, and his Catholicism enraged Bale, who declared that he ‘hath in this point deformed his writings greatly, polluting our English
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