Babylonish

Babylonish

English

Etymology

Babylon +‎ -ish

Adjective

Babylonish (comparative more Babylonish, superlative most Babylonish)

1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joshua 7:21:

     When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels

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.

Anagrams

• nabobishly