Nicodemiten.

Brit.

/ˌnɪkəˈdiːmʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌnɪkəˈdiˌmaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Nicodemite.

Etymology: < Middle French Nicodemite (1544 in Calvin) < post-classical Latin Nicodemus (Vulgate; < Hellenistic Greek Νικόδημος , the name of the Jewish ruler who visited Jesus by night (see note below)) + Middle French -ite -ite suffix¹. Compare French nicodème a simple or naive person (1662 as nicodeme).

Now chiefly historical.

A person who resembles Nicodemus; a secret or timid adherent; spec. a Protestant living in a Catholic country in the 16th cent. who concealed his or her faith to escape persecution.Nicodemus was afraid of being seen with Jesus and visited him at night (John 3:1 ff.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > secret adherent

Nicodemite1585

night professor1646

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) > secret or timid adherent

Nicodemite1585

1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxi. 26 False Nicodemites..goe about to colour their treacherous dissimulation.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. A2^v The lapped Nicodemite, holdes it enough to yeeld some secret assent to the trueth.

1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches xv. 70 They will but be Nicodemites, and not venture on danger or difficulty.

1839 Biblical Repertory July 355 During this period the name of Nicodemites was given to those faint-hearted persons, who were convinced of the errors of popery, but were afraid to avow it, and excused themselves in assisting in the Catholic rites.

1854 Edinb. Rev. 99 493 We are..more lenient towards the temporisers and Nicodemites against whom Saurin inveighed so loudly.

1872 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 110 657/2 I said what a dreadful blow this would be to all the Nicodemites, when the gun-officer had returned with money enough to build a chapel.

1921 Outward Bound Apr. 29/2 This is no time to play the Nicodemite.

1953 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 14 519 He scorned bitterly these inconsistent Nicodemites, who with so much casuistry and incongruency denied, then relapsed and returned to abjure.

1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Mar. 23/2 In short, since the very name was a polemical invention, were there really any, or many, Nicodemites?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nicodemite
释义	Nicodemiten. Brit. /ˌnɪkəˈdiːmʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌnɪkəˈdiˌmaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Nicodemite. Etymology: < Middle French Nicodemite (1544 in Calvin) < post-classical Latin Nicodemus (Vulgate; < Hellenistic Greek Νικόδημος , the name of the Jewish ruler who visited Jesus by night (see note below)) + Middle French -ite -ite suffix¹. Compare French nicodème a simple or naive person (1662 as nicodeme). Now chiefly historical. A person who resembles Nicodemus; a secret or timid adherent; spec. a Protestant living in a Catholic country in the 16th cent. who concealed his or her faith to escape persecution.Nicodemus was afraid of being seen with Jesus and visited him at night (John 3:1 ff.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > secret adherent Nicodemite1585 night professor1646 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) > secret or timid adherent Nicodemite1585 1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxi. 26 False Nicodemites..goe about to colour their treacherous dissimulation. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. A2^v The lapped Nicodemite, holdes it enough to yeeld some secret assent to the trueth. 1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches xv. 70 They will but be Nicodemites, and not venture on danger or difficulty. 1839 Biblical Repertory July 355 During this period the name of Nicodemites was given to those faint-hearted persons, who were convinced of the errors of popery, but were afraid to avow it, and excused themselves in assisting in the Catholic rites. 1854 Edinb. Rev. 99 493 We are..more lenient towards the temporisers and Nicodemites against whom Saurin inveighed so loudly. 1872 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 110 657/2 I said what a dreadful blow this would be to all the Nicodemites, when the gun-officer had returned with money enough to build a chapel. 1921 Outward Bound Apr. 29/2 This is no time to play the Nicodemite. 1953 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 14 519 He scorned bitterly these inconsistent Nicodemites, who with so much casuistry and incongruency denied, then relapsed and returned to abjure. 1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Mar. 23/2 In short, since the very name was a polemical invention, were there really any, or many, Nicodemites? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1585
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