| 单词 | to spoil the egyptians |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spoil the Egyptians 1. A native of Egypt. Often figurative with allusion to the aspect in which the Egyptians appear in the Bible. to spoil the Egyptians: cf. Exodus xii. 36. ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. iii. 347 Amonge the Egypcyens the yere was tokenyd by a dragon paynted bytynge his owne taylle. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xix. 21 Egipcions schulen knowe the Lord. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 73 Decretistis, as to þat part of wysdam þat þei haue of þe worldis wisdam, are Egipciens. a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 422 All without the Fold of the Godly were Ægyptians. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 323 The..abhorrence of the Ægyptians for these barbarous Iconoclasts. 1891 N.E.D. at Egyptian Mod. The manners of the ancient Egyptians. < as lemmas |
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