Alpish

English Alternative forms en alpish Etymology From en Alps -ish. Pronunciation en /ˈæl.pɪʃ/ Adjective en uncommon en relational Of or pertaining to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe; Alpine. en w:John Gerarde The Herball or Generall Hiſtorie of Plantes Of mountaine Sanicle 263 Iohn Norton London 1597 645 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_the-herball-_gerard-john_1597/page/644/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 Theſe plants are ſtrangers in England,their naturall countrie is the alpiſh mountaines of Heluetia. en 1878-04-27 The Auricula w:The Gardeners' Chronicle IX 226 526 3 https://archive.org/details/gardenerschronic91878lond/page/526/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 We have seen that Gerarde mentions it, and he may have derived, directly or indirectly, his "Beare's Eares" from Clusius, who in 15S2 introduced from the "Alpish" mountains of the Tyrol to Belgium Primula Auricula and a plant supposed to be a natural hybrid, P. pubescens. en w:Douglas Coupland Generation A Scribner 2009-11-10 United States 263 https://archive.org/details/generation00coup/page/262/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 There was once a young French scientist who found himself one cold night in the darkened bedroom of an apartment in Locarno, Switzerland, a room that looked out over frozen Lake Maggiore, a beautiful, tiny, dull place where Italy kisses Switzerland. This was on his mind as he looked out the window and saw rooftops, Alpish mountains, some cold, glinting lights to the south in Italy and the silhouettes of Washingtonia palm fronds, static in the windless night. en by extension mountainous, alpine. en Richardus Badley w:Thomas Coryat Coryat's Crudities: Hastily gobled up in Five Moneth's Travels In praiſe of the moſt obſeruant Trauel Mr. Thomas Coryate of Odcombe, and of his moſt Axiopiſticall Hodæpory W. S. London 1611 k2 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_coryats-crudities-hasti_coryate-thomas_1610/page/n141/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 For in the midſt of thy moſt Alpiſh waies, / when ruinous rocks did threat to end thy daies, / No doubt,thou couldſt haue wiſh:thyſelfe at home, / To liue,and lay thy bones in ſweete Odcombe. en James Albert Harrison Spain in Profile: A Summer Among the Olives and Aloes XVIII w:Houghton, Osgood and Company Boston 1879 369 https://archive.org/details/spaininprofilesu00harr/page/368/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 The country is near enough the Alpish region of Galicia and Asturias to be blessed with showers, and ample verdure is the result. en John Ayscough First impressions in America XXV w:John Long Ltd London 1821 140 https://archive.org/details/firstimpressions00ayscuoft/page/140/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 Ours was but a twenty-four hour visit to Santa Catalina, but a much longer visit would be needed to do it justice. Its fifty miles of circuit has much more than fifty miles of bay and cove, for the coast is indented deeply: it has innumerable cañons, and valleys, and uplands, alpish peaks and summits: a perfect climate, brilliant sun, and neither heat nor cold. en 1938-04 Ruth Toucey Zealous Zebralya or How to Shred a Toothpick Proportionally The Crimson and Gray XXI 3 7 https://archive.org/details/crimsongray19371938mary/page/6/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 "Ah, the world must recognize and respect me," she yelled and dashed out of the window to begin scaling the roof.Upon attaining this alpish region she immediately perched herself upon the chimney top and in this regal position may be found there today. en Sunset Travel Guide to Washington The Cascade Mountains w:Lane Publishing 1968 86 https://archive.org/details/sunsettravelguid00menl/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 By 1977 the whole main street had blossomed with domes, cupolas, gingerbreaded balconies, and other bits of alpish architecture. en Lisa Samson The Living End Center Point Publishing 2004 111 https://archive.org/details/livingend0000sams/page/110/mode/2up?q=%22alpish%22 Good thing Joey didn’t specify the altitude of a proper, winterable mountain. I’m sure he pictured something Alpish or Rocky, not the mildly undulating Blue Ridge.