idolish

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/ˈaɪdəlɪʃ/

adjective

Idolatrous.

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Meanings

adjectiveidolish (comparative more idolish, superlative most idolish)

comparative more idolish · superlative most idolish

  1. obsoleteIdolatrous.

    they have stuffed their idolish temples with the wasteful pillage of your estates

    1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC
  2. Resembling or characteristic of an idol.

    I observed on a shelf an idolish-looking image, so I said to the girl, "Is that one of your idols?"

    1884, India's Women, volume 4, page 17

Origin

From idol + -ish.

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