| 单词 | mad mullah |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmad mullah mad mullah n. (also with capital initials) derogatory (originally British) an Islamic religious leader, often a fundamentalist, regarded as dangerous, extremist, or unpredictable; also in extended use; frequently (with the) applied to a particular individual.spec. with reference to Muhammad Abdullah Hassan of northern Somalia who fought against the British in the early part of the 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [noun] > person holding dogmatizer1600 dogmatic1650 dogmatist1654 ultra1823 doctrinaire1831 Doctrinarian1836 mad mullah1838 doctrinist1840 ultraist1842 stalwart1899 fundamentalist1913 pontificator1934 Islamicist1963 society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > person > fanatical assassin1340 ghazi1753 mad mullah1838 Razakar1948 1838 E. Spencer Trav. Western Caucasus II. xii. 177 The Sultan was denounced as an infidel giaour, and one or two mad moullahs had the audacity to lecture him publicly. 1897 Times 28 July 7/1 News was received that the ‘mad mullah’, a priest who is apparently well known locally, had gathered about him a number of armed men with the view of raising a jehad. 1902 Internat. Year Bk. 628 In 1901 Great Britain, assisted by Abyssinia, carried on military operations against insurgent Somalis led by the ‘Mad Mullah’, Hajji Mohammed Ibn Abdallah. 1909 D. Lloyd George in Daily Chron. 4 Dec. That is how the Bill was thrown out, not by the wise men, not by the reflecting men of the Unionist Party, but by its Mad Mullahs. 1984 Washington Post 14 June 23/1 The Ayatollah Khomeini is regularly described as the ‘mad mullah’. 2008 D. Koontz Odd Hours 335 ‘He made a great many valuable contacts.’ ‘You mean dictators, thugs, and mad mullahs.’ < as lemmas |
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