Babylonish

English

Etymology

From Babylon +‎ -ish. Compare Old English babilōnisċ.

Adjective

Babylonish (comparative more Babylonish, superlative most Babylonish)

  1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
    • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg: Eucharius Cervicornus and J. Soter?], →OCLC, Josua vij:[21], folio iiij, verso, column 2:
      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, […]
  2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
  3. (obsolete) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
    • a. 1656, Thomas Gage, Voyages […] :
      the […] injurious nickname of Babylonish
  4. Confused; Babel-like.

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