Babylonish

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Babylonish

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

adjective more Babylonish · most Babylonish

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, […]
Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
obsolete Pertaining to Rome and papal power. the […] injurious nickname of Babylonish
Confused; Babel-like.

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@misc{babylonish_2026,
  title = {Babylonish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/babylonish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}