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Babylonish
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English
Etymology
From en Babylon ish. Compare ang Babilōnisċ. en Babelish.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
Joshua 7 21 iiij 1 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,
Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
en obsolete Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
en a. 1656 Thomas Gage (priest) Thomas Gage Voyages the injurious nickname of Babylonish
Confused; Babel-like.
Anagrams
en abbhilnosy nabobishly