Definitions
Relating to the Basque people, language or culture of the western Pyrenees.
Word origin
Borrowed from French basque, from Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a pre-Roman era tribe settled in the Atlantic Biscaian gulf and Pyrenean mountain region of south-western Europe, who were ancestors of the current Basque population.
Used in a sentence
“If you like a challenge, try Hungarian. It’s like no other European language you’ve heard, except maybe Basque.”
“Will she be able to pull off the double act? Can she play the cosy tradwife and still be the sexpot in a basque?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pyrenees tongue”6 letters
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