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Gadarene, a.|ˈgædəriːn|
Also † Gadarean.
[ad. late L. Gadarenus, f. Gr. Γαδαρηνός inhabitant of Gadara, a town of ancient Palestine near the Sea of Galilee.]
Of or pertaining to Gadara; used allusively, esp. of a headlong rush or flight, with reference to the story in Matt. viii. 28 of the swine that rushed down a steep cliff into the sea and drowned.
1820Gadarean [see pig n.1 2 a]. 1899Kipling Stalky 210 ‘This man,’ said M'Turk, with conviction, ‘is the Gadarene Swine.’ 1919Brit. Manufacturer Nov. 30/2 In such case we are a debtor nation, and our path is likely to lead us downhill like the Gadarene swine. a1930D. H. Lawrence Phoenix (1936) v. 600 A vast mob which may at any moment start to bolt down to the precipice Gadarene-wise. 1952[see bouzouki]. |