Jezebel

jezebel English 2009 November 20 Etymology en he אִיזֶבֶל 'izével. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒɛzəˌbɛl/ en en-au-Jezebel.ogg AU Proper noun en Q721295en biblical character The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings), and who incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols. en 1960 w:P. G. Wodehouse w:Jeeves in the Offing XI “I know if anyone called me a carrot-topped Jezebel, umbrage is the first thing I'd take. Who was Jezebel, by the way? The name seems familiar, but I can't place her.” “A character in the Old Testament, sir. A queen of Israel.” “Of course, yes. Be forgetting my own name next. Eaten by dogs, wasn't she?” “Yes, sir.” “Can't have been pleasant for her.” “No, sir.” “Still, that's the way the ball rolls.” Derived terms en Jezebelian Jezebelic Jezebelish Jezzy Translations Biblical character Jezebel Arabic: ar يَزَابِل f Armenian: hy Հեզաբել Old Armenian: xcl Յեզաբէլ Bulgarian: bg Езавел Catalan: ca Jezabel f Cherokee: chr ᏤᏏᏈᎵ Chichewa: ny Yezebeli Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 耶洗别 Yēxǐbié, cmn 依則貝耳 Yīzébèi'ěr Catholic Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb Jezebeli Dutch: nl Izebel f Finnish: fi Iisebel, fi Isebel French: fr Jézabel f, fr Jezebel f German: de Isebel f Greek: el Ιεζάβελ f Ancient Greek: grc Ἰεζάβελ Hebrew: he אִיזֶבֶל Hindi: hi ईज़ेबेल f Italian: it Gezabele f, it Izebel f Japanese: ja イゼベル Izeberu Kazakh: kk Езабел Latin: la Hiezabel f Lithuanian: lt Jezebelė f Norwegian: no Jesabel f Polish: pl Izebel f Portuguese: pt Jezabel f, pt Jezebel f Russian: ru Иезавель f Spanish: es Jezabel f Swedish: sv Jisebel f, sv Jezebel f, sv Isebel f Noun en slang pejorative A woman who is evil, scheming, shameless, or immoral. en She’s an absolute Jezebel! en 1951 Frankie Laine Wayne Shanklin Jezebel (Frankie Laine song) Jezebel If ever the devil was born,without a pair of hornsIt was you,Jezebel, it was you en 1960 w:P. G. Wodehouse w:Jeeves in the Offing X&XI I accused her in set terms of giving me the heave-ho in order that she could mercenarily marry a richer man. I called her a carrot-topped Jezebel whom I was thankful to have got out of my hair. “The core of the matter is,” I said, twiddling the wheel to avoid a passing hen, “that in Roberta Wickham we are dealing with a girl of high and haughty spirit. And girls of high and haughty spirit need kidding along. This cannot be done by calling them carrot-topped Jezebels.” en 1971 Rod Stewart with Faces Stay with Me (Faces song) Stay with Me Red lips, hair, and fingernailsI hear you're a mean old Jezebel Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Delias genus. Derived terms en Jezebel sauce Translations an immoral woman Finnish: fi lutka, fi lunttu French: fr Agrippine f Hungarian: hu némber Lithuanian: lt ištvirkėlė f, lt paleistuvė f Macedonian: mk ѓувендија archaic en eponyms en People Pierid butterflies Portuguese Proper noun f pt female