Gadarene
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of Gadarene
C19: via Late Latin from Greek Gadarēnos , of Gadara (Palestine), alluding to the Biblical Gadarene swine (Matthew 8:28ff.)
Example Sentences
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This has been obvious to anyone who understands network security from the beginning of this particular Gadarene rush.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2018
The Gadarene Swine is not the place to contemplate a carrot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2014
A full-blown stoic unreservedly accepts the vicissitudes of fate and the privations of life - we, on the other hand, squeal like the Gadarene swine when we can't get hold of an electrician.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2014
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was greeted with so much universal Gadarene critical groupthink – "the greatest movie ever made" was a widespread accolade – that a sober assessment inevitably entailed profound disappointment.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2012
My dear Hooker, I am no better than a Gadarene swine for not writing to you from the Maloja, but I was too procrastinatingly lazy to expend even that amount of energy.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard
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