“Babylonish”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Babylonish

释义

Babylonish, a.|bæbɪˈləʊnɪʃ|
[see -ish¹.]
1. Of, belonging to, or made at Babylon.
1535Coverdale Josh. vii. 21 A costly Babilonish [Wyclif, reed] garment.1738Wesley Psalms cxxxvii, Fast by the Babylonish Tide..We dropt our weary Limbs.1861Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 645 Babylonish bricks and Assyrian bulls.
2. fig.
†a. Romish, popish (obs.);
b. Babel-like, confused in language.
1590Barrow in Confer. i. 10 The Antichristian yoke of theis Babilonish Bishopps.1654Gage (title), A clear Vindication of the..Parochial Ministers of England, from the..injurious nickname of Babylonish.1663Butler Hud. i. i. 93 A Babylonish Dialect, Which learned Pedants much affect.1816Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 128 This is the kind of Babylonish lexicography of Johnson's Dictionary, which gives twenty-four meanings, or shadows of meaning, to the word from.

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