Nimrodianadj.
/nɪmˈrɒdɪən/, U.S. /nɪmˈrɑdiən/ Resembling Nimrod, esp. in being an accomplished hunter; characteristic of or connected with Nimrod.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [adjective]
huntinga1340
Nimrodian1631
venatious1660
venaticala1666
sporting1679
gameful1704
Nimrodical1796
Nimrodic1816
venatory1837
theriomaniac1845
gamey1848
venatoriala1881
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic
tyrant1297
tyrannous1491
Pharaonical1528
tyrannical1560
tyrannizing1589
servile1603
despotical1608
monarchicala1618
Nimrodian1631
autocratoric1641
Dominical1644
despotic1650
Pendragonish1650
autocratical1651
autocratorical1651
Pharaonian1673
autocratic1769
Pharaonic1792
Corsican1804
Napoleonic1810
satrapian1822
satrapical1823
sultanic1827
absolutist1829
absolutistic1841
arbitrary1862
Napoleonistic1870
Nimrodic1877
pre-Hitlerian1942
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature viii. 57 Like the Nimrodian builders of Babell.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xix. 330 The great Nimroddian Hunter the Divell.
1825 Eng. Life I. 214 Any of my father's Nimrodian friends.
1857 H. H. Breen Blemishes Mod. Eng. Lit. 138 The tally-ho, or Nimrodian style..of composition consists in starting some fresh idea at the beginning of every paragraph; in losing sight of it as soon as it is started; and in pursuing in its stead the first stray conceit that turns up.
1871 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 255/2 He has an enthusiastic love for the gentler Nimrodian pursuits.
1929 Travel Jan. 13/2 They know that the presence of the bourchan in your tent guarantees that some day you will find in one of the traps, a russet-red beauty, the fox of your Nimrodian dreams.
1998 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 23 Oct. 23 Terah had apparently sought him out, desirous of becoming a follower of the Nimrodian school of idolatry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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