Babylonish

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectiveBabylonish (comparative more Babylonish, superlative most Babylonish)

comparative more Babylonish · superlative most Babylonish

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

    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, […]

    1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Josua vij:[21], folio iiij, verso, column 2
  2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
  3. obsoletePertaining to Rome and papal power.

    the […] injurious nickname of Babylonish

    a. 1656, Thomas Gage, Voyages […]
  4. Confused; Babel-like.

Origin

From Babylon + -ish. Compare Old English Babilōnisċ. Piecewise doublet of Babelish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nabobishly
Cite this entry
APA

Babylonish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Babylonish

MLA

“Babylonish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Babylonish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Babylonish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Babylonish.

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