alpish

English

Adjective

alpish (comparative more alpish, superlative most alpish)

1. (uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of Alpish (mountainous, alpine)
   • 1821, John Ayscough, chapter XXV, in First impressions in America, London: John Long Ltd, page 140:

     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.

   • 1938 April, Ruth Toucey, “Zealous Zebralya or How to Shred a Toothpick Proportionally”, in The Crimson and Gray, volume XXI, number 3, page 7:

     "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.

   • 1968, “The Cascade Mountains”, in Sunset Travel Guide to Washington, Lane Publishing, page 86:

     By 1977 the whole main street had blossomed with domes, cupolas, gingerbreaded balconies, and other bits of alpish architecture.