Meanings
adjectiveidolous (comparative more idolous, superlative most idolous)
comparative more idolous · superlative most idolous
- obsoleteidolatrous
O idolous shepherd ! saith Zachary ; thou seekest not to heal the wounded , but to eat the flesh of the fat
a. 1563, John Bale, The Examinations of Lord Cobham, William Thorpe and Anne Askewe, &c
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