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单词 allophyle
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allophyle

/ˈaləfʌɪl/
Now rare
noun
A member of another tribe; a foreigner, an alien. rare.
  • Chiefly with reference to the Philistines, after biblical use.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent, and again between the 16th and mid 19th centuries..
adjective
Foreign, alien; = Allophylian.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in The Paris Psalter. From post-classical Latin allophylus (adjective) foreign, (noun) foreigner, especially with reference to the Philistines (Vetus Latina) from ancient Greek ἀλλόϕυλος of another tribe, foreign, in Hellenistic Greek frequently with reference to the Philistines from ἀλλο- + ϕυλή.

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