Definition of Lappic

1. Noun. Any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages.

Exact synonyms: Lappish
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

Laplace distribution
Laplace operator
Laplace plane
Laplace planes
Laplace transform
Laplacian
Lapland
Lapland owl
Laplander
Laplanders
Laplandish
Laportea
Laportea canadensis
Lapp
Lappeenranta
Lappic (current term)
Lappish
Lappland
Lapplander
Lapponian
Lapponic
Lapps
Lappula
Lapsang Souchong
Laptev Sea
Laputa
Laputan
Laquer's stain
Lara
Laramie

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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