Babylonish

American  

[bab-uh-lon-ish, -loh-nish, bab-uh-loh-nish, bab-uh-luh-nish] / ˈbæb əˌlɒn ɪʃ, -ˌloʊ nɪʃ, ˌbæb əˈloʊ nɪʃ, ˈbæb ə lə nɪʃ /

adjective

1. Babylonian.

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Etymology

Origin of Babylonish

First recorded in 1525–35; Babylon(ia) + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

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

Secondly, it is proved by the sacred books, received equally by Jew and Christians, that the sovereign power is gone from Judah; was wholly annihilated during the Babylonish captivity, and has not been re-established since.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

Everything, from the “goodly Babylonish garments—the mantles of Shinar, from Assyrian looms,” down to the cast-off tarpaulin of discharged or disgraced tars, are on the backs of the denizens of the Liberties.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

This idea of a future state does not distinctly appear in the Jewish writings until after their return from the Babylonish captivity.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)