Babylonish

English edit

Babylonish (comparative more Babylonish, superlative most Babylonish)

Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 7:21:
  When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels
Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
(obsolete) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
- a. 1656, Thomas Gage, Voyages […] :
  the […] injurious nickname of Babylonish
Confused; Babel-like.