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Babylonish

Babylonish adjective: of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.

Adjective

Babylonish (comparative more Babylonish, superlative most Babylonish)

  1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
    • I ſawe amõge yͤ ſpoiles a coſtly Babiloniſh garment, and two hũdꝛeth Sycles of ſyluer and a tunge of golde, woꝛth fiftye Sycles in weight, […]1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Josua vij:[21]...
  2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
  3. (obsolete) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
    • the […] injurious nickname of Babylonisha. 1656, Thomas Gage, Voyages […]
  4. Confused; Babel-like.

Forms of Babylonish

comparativemore Babylonish
superlativemost Babylonish

Origin of Babylonish

From Babylon + -ish. Compare Old English Babilōnisċ. Piecewise doublet of Babelish.

Questions about Babylonish

What does Babylonish mean?
Babylonish means of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
What part of speech is Babylonish?
Babylonish is an adjective.

Words near Babylonish in the dictionary

  1. Babylonical
  2. Babylonically
  3. babylonise
  4. babylonised
  5. babylonises
  6. Babylonish
  7. babylonising
  8. Babylonism
  9. Babylonisms
  10. babylonize
  11. babylonized

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