Babylonish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Babylon +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

Babylonish (comparative more Babylonish, superlative most Babylonish)

  1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
  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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