Hinduishadj.
/ˌhɪnˈduːɪʃ/, /ˈhɪnduːɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhɪnduɪʃ/ Now somewhat rare.
Of, relating to, or suggestive of Hindu peoples or Hinduism.
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1824 Jew July 344 It was a ******ianish massacre of Jews, and not an Hindooish or Jewish massacre.
1871 Boston Investigator 11 Oct. 6/5 The chief declaimer there is a lady bearing the very Hindooish name of Sree Rungamba Garee.
1937 L. Bromfield Rains Came ii. 258 He had found that in the end mysteries, even the most esoteric Hinduish ones, always had explanations which were perfectly simple.
1989 J. Updike Self-consciousness iv. 122 They..had encrusted their decor with those Hinduish trinkets and hangings that could be bought in ‘head shops’, suggestive of inner freedom and mystical self-enhancement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1824- to knock the bottom out of
- to knock the end in or off
- to knock the hindsight out or off
- to knock the nonsense, etc, out of
- to knock the socks off
- to knock the soul bolts
- to knock the spots off
- to knock the starch out of
- to knock the stuffing out of
- to knock to pieces
- to knock together
- to knock under
- to knock under board, under table
- to knock under board, under the table
- to knock up
- to knock up against
- to knock wood
- to knock — bells out of
- to knock, lay , etc, cold
- to knock, lay out, etc, cold
- to knock, smash, blow, cut, etc, into smithereens
- to knock, smash, blow, cut, etc, to smithereens
- to know a good thing when one sees it
- to live in etc
- to live in god