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Popish, a.2|ˈpəʊpɪʃ| Also Popeish. [f. Pope, proper name + -ish1.] = Popian a.
1825Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 334 In this Popish controversy, though Mr. Bowles may affix the term ‘final’ to his Appeal, we have some doubt whether he will be permitted to have the last word. 1882Mrs. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 76 The very words of the Popish era still lingered on Cowper's tongue. c1885― in A. L. Coghill Autobiogr. & Lett. Mrs. Oliphant (1899) 13 She..was fond of quoting Pope, so that we used to call her Popish in after⁓days when I knew what Popish in this sense meant. 1944New Yorker 9 Dec. 97/2 The Times' vigorous and somewhat Popeish effort included this stern couplet. |