Heathenish

  • 101heathendom — heathen ► NOUN derogatory ▪ a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially Christianity, Judaism, or Islam) as regarded by those who do. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to heathens. DERIVATIVES heathendom noun heathenish adjective… …

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  • 102heathenism — heathen ► NOUN derogatory ▪ a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially Christianity, Judaism, or Islam) as regarded by those who do. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to heathens. DERIVATIVES heathendom noun heathenish adjective… …

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  • 103elephant —    Normally what one calls someone who has just stepped on one’s toe, either the word on its own or ‘you elephant!’ There is a passage in King Solomon’s Mines, by H.Rider Haggard, which gives a different slant on this term, and reflects in… …

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  • 104heathen — [hē′thən] n. pl. heathens or heathen [ME hethen < OE hæthen < hæth, HEATH; like Goth haithnō, gentile (woman) < haithi, heath (hence lit., “heath dweller”) a loan transl. used by ULFILAS for LL(Ec) paganus (see PAGAN), taken in its L… …

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  • 105gentilish — adjective Etymology: gentile (II) + ish obsolete : heathenish, gentile …

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  • 106heathenishly — adverb see heathenish …

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  • 107heathenishness — noun see heathenish …

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  • 108heathenise — heaˈthenize or heaˈthenise transitive verb To make heathen or heathenish • • • Main Entry: ↑heathen …

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  • 109pa|gan|ish — «PAY guh nihsh», adjective. having to do with or characteristic of pagans; heathenish …

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  • 110EZEKIEL — EZEKIEL, a major prophet who is said to have begun prophesying in the fifth year of Jehoiachin s exile in Babylonia, seven years before the final fall of Jerusalem; his prophecies are recorded in the book that bears his name. The name Ezekiel… …

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