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‖ Boanerges|bəʊəˈnɜːdʒiːz|
Also 4 Boenarges, Boonerges, 6 Bonarges.
[a. Gr. βοανεργές (Mark iii. 17), probably representing Heb. b'nēy regesh (or its Aramaic equivalent), explained as ‘sons of thunder’.]
The name given by Christ to the two sons of Zebedee. Hence, often as a sing. (pl. -es, -esses), a loud vociferous preacher or orator.
1382Wyclif Mark iii. 17 He putte to hem names Boonerges [1388 Boenarges, Coverd. Bonarges, 1611 Boanerges]. a1617Hieron Wks. II. 465 The crying out of some Boanerges, some sonne of thunder. 1650B. Discolliminium 26 So wise..as to chuse no more Boanerges, but such as are right and true Heliastæ. 1667H. More Div. Dial. v. v. (1713) 416 Thunderstruck by the powerful Boanergesses of the Gospel under the last Vial. 1680― Apocal. Apoc. 1869R. S. Hawker Cornish Ballads 28 Loud laughed the listening surges..You might call them Boanerges From the thunder of their wave.
comb.1881Morley Cobden II. 371 The politicians who most disliked what one of them called Boanerges-Liberalism.
Hence Boaˈnergism, † Boaˈnergy [see -ism, -y3], loud oratory, vociferous denunciation.
1861Sala in Temple Bar III. 25 He turned away from cant, and howling Boanergism. 1778Saints 18 Boanergy on Mobs to make Impression. |