Babylonish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Babylonish
First recorded in 1525–35; Babylon(ia) + -ish 1
Example Sentences
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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
The Revolutionary War had been waged and won and talk of elections and congresses sounded to him like "Babylonish jargon."
From Time Magazine Archive
Could anything seem more hopeless than the revival of the nation from the Babylonish captivity?
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
To-day we have been reading his new book on the Babylonish Captivity.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle
The good woman's mind was of a purely Babylonish turn, and the ideas attendant on a fine sense of honor had never occurred to her.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
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