Babylonish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Babylonish
First recorded in 1525–35; Babylon(ia) + -ish 1
Example Sentences
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The Revolutionary War had been waged and won and talk of elections and congresses sounded to him like "Babylonish jargon."
From Time Magazine Archive
And there was a more vociferous though less effective chorus of sociologists, artists and philosophers crying out upon the "Babylonish jumble" of modern city-building.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not less careful observers than the Babylonish astrologers of the meteors and the atmospheric revolutions, they could predict certain phenomena, and they gave it out that they had themselves been the cause of them.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
Opposite the new palace, on the other bank, were the two huge structures once inhabited by Nabopollassar and his son, that greatest of Babylonish rulers.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
The uncertainty as to the actual powers of Charmides in the way of understanding the Babylonish tongue was dampening to the general spirit.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
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