Babylonian
English
Etymology
From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BABYLONIAN Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#BABYLONIAN Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)) + -anCategory:English terms suffixed with -an#BABYLONIAN. By surface analysis, Babylon + -ianCategory:English terms suffixed with -ian#BABYLONIAN. Piecewise doublet of BabelianCategory:English piecewise doublets#BABYLONIAN.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/Category:English 5-syllable words#BABYLONIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BABYLONIAN
- (US) IPA(key): /bæbɪˈloʊnɪ.ən/Category:English 5-syllable words#BABYLONIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BABYLONIAN
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BABYLONIANAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊniənCategory:Rhymes:English/əʊniən#BABYLONIANCategory:Rhymes:English/əʊniən/5 syllables#BABYLONIAN
Adjective
Babylonian (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#BABYLONIANCategory:English adjectives#BABYLONIANCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#BABYLONIANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BABYLONIANCategory:Pages with entries#BABYLONIANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BABYLONIAN
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#BABYLONIAN) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire. [from 16th c.]
- Synonym: Babylonic
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BABYLONIAN, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#BABYLONIAN) Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18). [16th–19th c.]
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 29:
- [W]e, on our parts, have learned to speak only the primitive language of the law, and not the confused jargon of their Babylonian pulpits.Category:English terms with quotations#BABYLONIAN
- (figurative) Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. [from 17th c.].
- 1926, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Ghost of Gideon Wise”, in The Incredulity of Father Brown:
- The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike,Category:English terms with quotations#BABYLONIAN
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Noun
Babylonian (plural Babylonians)Category:English lemmas#BABYLONIANCategory:English nouns#BABYLONIANCategory:English countable nouns#BABYLONIANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BABYLONIANCategory:Pages with entries#BABYLONIANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BABYLONIAN
- An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
- An inhabitant of Babylonia, which included Chaldea; a Chaldean.
- An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
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Proper noun
BabylonianCategory:English lemmas#BABYLONIANCategory:English proper nouns#BABYLONIANCategory:English uncountable nouns#BABYLONIANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BABYLONIANCategory:Pages with entries#BABYLONIANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BABYLONIAN
