Balaamn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪləm/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪləm/

Etymology: Name of the prophet whose history is narrated in Numbers xxii-xxiv.

1. The name of the prophet, used connotatively.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune

scritch owl1595

screech owl1602

raven1606

croaker1637

Balaam1649

prophet of doom1862

Doomie1945

1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 57 God..hath so dispos'd the mouth of these Balaams, that comming to Curse, they have stumbled into a kind of Blessing.

2. Journalistic slang. Trumpery paragraphs reserved to fill up the columns of a newspaper or magazine. Balaam-box n. (also Balaam-basket) a receptacle for such matter (also figurative); in U.S. printing-offices, a place in which stereotype paragraphs are kept for similar use.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > journalism > newspaper offices > [noun] > equipment

Balaam-box1826

spike1936

society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > space-filler or insubstantial writing

Balaam1826

space-filler1886

fluff1906

1826 W. Scott Malachi Malagrowther iii. 3 How much Balaam (speaking technically) I have edged out of your valuable paper.

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 340 Several dozen letters on the same subject now in our Balaam-box.

1839 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1842) lxx. 622 Balaam is the cant name for asinine paragraphs about monstrous productions of nature and the like, kept standing in type to be used whenever the real news of the day leave an awkward space that must be filled up somehow.

1861 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson 2nd Ser. 59 Rubbishing articles which are at present consigned to the Balaam-box.

1866 Harper's Mag. May 816/1 There have been a number of anecdotes lying loose in the Balaam basket of memory.

1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 17 Consigned, by the editor, to his balaam-basket.

Derivatives

Balaam v. to make a Balaam of.

1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros vii. xii. 164 Bala-ming his patron which did him this wrong, Am not I thine asse which haue seru'd thee thus long.

Balaamite n. one who follows religion for the sake of gain.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [noun] > one characterized by

simoniac1340

chop-church1391

simonient1395

Simonianc1400

simonialc1405

simoniera1425

gyesite1426

barrator1427

simoner1438

simoniacle1502

simonite1508

Balaamite1559

simonist1567

chopper1581

benefice-monger1583

church-chopper1631

chop-living1634

1559 Hist. Est. Scot. in Wodr. Soc. Misc. 73 The Bishopp of St. Andrewes, with his Balamites, came to St. Giles Kirk.

Balaamitical adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [adjective]

simonient1395

simoniaca1500

simoniacal1510

simonial1510

simonical?1532

Balaamitical1561

simonious1595

simonist1681

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xi. 79 They mainteyne the Nicolaitan or Balaamitical doctrine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	balaam
释义	Balaamn. Brit. /ˈbeɪləm/, U.S. /ˈbeɪləm/ Etymology: Name of the prophet whose history is narrated in Numbers xxii-xxiv. 1. The name of the prophet, used connotatively. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune scritch owl1595 screech owl1602 raven1606 croaker1637 Balaam1649 prophet of doom1862 Doomie1945 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 57 God..hath so dispos'd the mouth of these Balaams, that comming to Curse, they have stumbled into a kind of Blessing. 2. Journalistic slang. Trumpery paragraphs reserved to fill up the columns of a newspaper or magazine. Balaam-box n. (also Balaam-basket) a receptacle for such matter (also figurative); in U.S. printing-offices, a place in which stereotype paragraphs are kept for similar use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > newspaper offices > [noun] > equipment Balaam-box1826 spike1936 society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > space-filler or insubstantial writing Balaam1826 space-filler1886 fluff1906 1826 W. Scott Malachi Malagrowther iii. 3 How much Balaam (speaking technically) I have edged out of your valuable paper. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 340 Several dozen letters on the same subject now in our Balaam-box. 1839 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1842) lxx. 622 Balaam is the cant name for asinine paragraphs about monstrous productions of nature and the like, kept standing in type to be used whenever the real news of the day leave an awkward space that must be filled up somehow. 1861 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson 2nd Ser. 59 Rubbishing articles which are at present consigned to the Balaam-box. 1866 Harper's Mag. May 816/1 There have been a number of anecdotes lying loose in the Balaam basket of memory. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 17 Consigned, by the editor, to his balaam-basket. Derivatives Balaam v. to make a Balaam of. Π 1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros vii. xii. 164 Bala-ming his patron which did him this wrong, Am not I thine asse which haue seru'd thee thus long. Balaamite n. one who follows religion for the sake of gain. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [noun] > one characterized by simoniac1340 chop-church1391 simonient1395 Simonianc1400 simonialc1405 simoniera1425 gyesite1426 barrator1427 simoner1438 simoniacle1502 simonite1508 Balaamite1559 simonist1567 chopper1581 benefice-monger1583 church-chopper1631 chop-living1634 1559 Hist. Est. Scot. in Wodr. Soc. Misc. 73 The Bishopp of St. Andrewes, with his Balamites, came to St. Giles Kirk. Balaamitical adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [adjective] simonient1395 simoniaca1500 simoniacal1510 simonial1510 simonical?1532 Balaamitical1561 simonious1595 simonist1681 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xi. 79 They mainteyne the Nicolaitan or Balaamitical doctrine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1559
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