单词 | gentilish |
释义 | gentilishadj. 1. Of, characteristic of, or relating to those who do not subscribe to the dominant religion of a particular society; heathen. Now rare.Apparently unattested in the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective] heathenishc893 heathen971 misbelievedc1225 Barbarya1300 payenc1300 miscreantc1330 paynimc1330 uncircumcideda1382 uncircumciseda1400 gentilec1400 heathenly1415 paganismc1425 profanec1450 pagan1464 ethnical?a1475 payemec1480 miscredentc1500 heathenish1535 whorish1535 ethnic1542 ethnish1542 idolous1546 mammetrous1546 gentilish1550 idolatrous?1550 idololatrical1550 infidel1551 idolatrical1556 gentilical1573 paganical?1573 idolish1577 heatheny1580 irreligious1585 paganish1589 gentilic1603 idolaster1608 gentilitious1613 heathenous1613 idolatrizing1614 image-worshipping1621 misreligious1623 Mahounda1625 gentilizing1637 idololatrousa1641 infidelious1648 Baalitical1652 national1661 idolatric1669 paganic1676 gentilized1684 Baalish1690 idololatrica1711 infidelical1802 semi-fidel1834 Greekish1851 paganistic1853 unselect1882 goyish1888 1550 J. Hooper Ouersight Jonas i. f. ix Thys Cytye of Niniue was Idololatrycall, and Gentelyshe. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋50 The rubbish of gentilish and anarchicall principles. 1858 Leisure Hour 9 Dec. 774/2 A love for intellectual pursuits is sneered at as ‘Gentilish affectation’. 1973 ELH 40 243 For the Christian, excessive contact with the ‘gentiles’ who inhabit the outer kingdom beyond the spiritual boundaries of Christianity might cause retrogression into gentilish unregeneracy. ΚΠ a1599 R. Rollock Certaine Serm. (1616) xiv. 273 This Gentilish woman. 1702 R. Burd Two Serm. i. 4 He [sc. Solomon] had finished the famous Temple at Jerusalem, to..the admiration and envy of all their Gentilish Neighbours. 1875 Punch 22 May 216/2 What is being handed round for the inspection of the Jewish and Gentilish connoisseurs—the Chevaliers of the Horse-shoe Table? 1904 Cosmopolitan Apr. 659/1 He looks so gentilish, he speaks so strange, he brings books that are forbidden, and he talks about Sabbath on Sunday, about Jews like Gentiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1550 |
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