Gadareanadj.

Brit.

/ˌɡadəˈriːən/, U.S.

/ˌɡædəˈriən/

Forms: 1600s Gadaraean, 1600s– Gadarean.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gadara , -ean suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Gadara (see Gadarene n. and adj.) + -ean suffix, perhaps as alteration of Gadarene adj.Compare the following earlier attestation of Gadarean as noun, with reference to a regional leader of the Jewish revolt of a.d. 70:1602 S. Patrick tr. J. de Hainault Estate of Church 22 Al those bands (which were diuided into three principal: that is to say Zelators, 1. such as followed Ilion [sic; sc. John of Gischala], & thirdly them of Simon the Gadarean [Fr. Simon Gadarenien], and of his sonne Eleazar. Josephus does not mention a Simon of Gadara in his Bellum Judaicum; the reference here appears to be to Simon bar Giora, a prominent leader of the revolt who was executed in a.d. 70 after Vespasian's conquest of Jerusalem. Simon was born in Gerasa; although this was a different town situated c. 12 miles (c. 19 km) south-east of Gadara of the Decapolis, the French original of quot. 1602 appears to confuse the two towns, probably on account of Luke's and Mark's version of the story of the Gadarene swine, in which Gerasene is the majority reading (see note at definition of Gadarene n.).

Of Gadara, a town in ancient Palestine near the Sea of Galilee. Now rare.With reference to, or in the context of, the story of the Gadarene swine related in Matthew 8:28–34, in which Jesus cures two men possessed by demons by allowing the spirits to enter a herd of pigs, which rush down a steep hillside and drown in the water below. Cf. Gadarene adj.

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1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 22 All yee..are as truly, though spiritually, carryed by evill spirits into the deeps of your knowne wickednesse, as ever the Gadarean hogs were.

1699 Proper Project for Scotl. 62 I rather leave these filthy Gadarean Swine (in whom an unclean and raging Devil has so visibly and sensibly entered) to run on.

1716 J. Digby tr. A. de Wicquefort Embassador & his Functions i. iv. 28/1 With the same Fury that caus'd the two thousand Gadarean Swine to cast themselves headlong into the Sea.

1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 10 Happier swine were they than we, Drowned in the Gadarean sea..! Alas! the Pigs are an unhappy nation!

1871 Sunday Mag. 1 46/1 St. Luke tells us that ‘they gladly received Him’ on his return from the Gadarean side of the Lake.

1932 China Press (Shanghai) 7 Aug. 10/4 If she stays in she may be carried over a precipice and meet with the fate of the Gadarean drove.

1997 Belfast News-let. (Nexis) 16 Sept. 3 Like the Gadarean swine, the Official Unionists..rush headlong over the abyss.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gadarean
释义	Gadareanadj. Brit. /ˌɡadəˈriːən/, U.S. /ˌɡædəˈriən/ Forms: 1600s Gadaraean, 1600s– Gadarean. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gadara , -ean suffix. Etymology: < the name of Gadara (see Gadarene n. and adj.) + -ean suffix, perhaps as alteration of Gadarene adj.Compare the following earlier attestation of Gadarean as noun, with reference to a regional leader of the Jewish revolt of a.d. 70:1602 S. Patrick tr. J. de Hainault Estate of Church 22 Al those bands (which were diuided into three principal: that is to say Zelators, 1. such as followed Ilion [sic; sc. John of Gischala], & thirdly them of Simon the Gadarean [Fr. Simon Gadarenien], and of his sonne Eleazar. Josephus does not mention a Simon of Gadara in his Bellum Judaicum; the reference here appears to be to Simon bar Giora, a prominent leader of the revolt who was executed in a.d. 70 after Vespasian's conquest of Jerusalem. Simon was born in Gerasa; although this was a different town situated c. 12 miles (c. 19 km) south-east of Gadara of the Decapolis, the French original of quot. 1602 appears to confuse the two towns, probably on account of Luke's and Mark's version of the story of the Gadarene swine, in which Gerasene is the majority reading (see note at definition of Gadarene n.). Of Gadara, a town in ancient Palestine near the Sea of Galilee. Now rare.With reference to, or in the context of, the story of the Gadarene swine related in Matthew 8:28–34, in which Jesus cures two men possessed by demons by allowing the spirits to enter a herd of pigs, which rush down a steep hillside and drown in the water below. Cf. Gadarene adj. ΚΠ 1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 22 All yee..are as truly, though spiritually, carryed by evill spirits into the deeps of your knowne wickednesse, as ever the Gadarean hogs were. 1699 Proper Project for Scotl. 62 I rather leave these filthy Gadarean Swine (in whom an unclean and raging Devil has so visibly and sensibly entered) to run on. 1716 J. Digby tr. A. de Wicquefort Embassador & his Functions i. iv. 28/1 With the same Fury that caus'd the two thousand Gadarean Swine to cast themselves headlong into the Sea. 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 10 Happier swine were they than we, Drowned in the Gadarean sea..! Alas! the Pigs are an unhappy nation! 1871 Sunday Mag. 1 46/1 St. Luke tells us that ‘they gladly received Him’ on his return from the Gadarean side of the Lake. 1932 China Press (Shanghai) 7 Aug. 10/4 If she stays in she may be carried over a precipice and meet with the fate of the Gadarean drove. 1997 Belfast News-let. (Nexis) 16 Sept. 3 Like the Gadarean swine, the Official Unionists..rush headlong over the abyss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1638
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