单词 | philistinian |
释义 | Philistinianadj. 1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a Philistine; relating to Philistia or the ancient Philistines. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective] MidianitishOE MoabitishOE Ammonitea1325 Moabitea1325 Amalekitea1382 Midianitea1382 Amorite1530 Scythian1567 Philistian1569 Sabaeana1586 Scythian-likea1599 Nabatean1614 Philistean1623 Scythic1623 Chaldean1732 Alarodian1737 Philistinian1773 Judahite1797 Philistine1842 Moabitic1851 Himyaritic1854 Akkadian1856 Scythized1861 Cimmerian1862 Idumaean1863 Himyaric1864 Hittite1871 Kassite1894 Hattian1908 Khaldian1908 Kenite1911 Hattic1913 Ephthalite1920 Subarian1923 Hurrian1928 Gutian1929 Saka1958 Luvian1963 Urartian1965 Eblaite1976 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) i. 636 The Philistinean stride of him of Gath. 1834 J. W. Ord England II. 81 Who pierc'd the Philistinean giant's brow; Who brought the towering foes of Israel low. 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1829 The name of the Philistine harbor, Majuma, is entirely Egyptico-Philistinian. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) 5 Nov. 21 But those who know their Old Testament will remember it was the water of Bethlehem, not the wine, for which David thirsted when his Philistinian enemies held the city. 2. Uneducated, unenlightened. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > not educated untowenc1000 unnurtured1548 unlessonedc1555 unkent1570 unexercised1577 uneducate?1592 unlectured1593 unschooled1593 untutored1594 unconfirmed1598 uneducated1598 unedifieda1625 indoct1677 uncultivated1685 unformed1711 unsuppled1761 teachless1819 uninaugurated1823 Philistinian1931 1931 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 2 Oct. 10 It may be philistinian to assert that those marriages are most satisfactory in which individuality is absorbed in either husband or wife, or better still in both. 1958 Times 20 Mar. 3 Here, as elsewhere, the problem of financing such cultural activities sometimes raises its philistinian head. 1994 Artichoke (Calgary, Alberta) Summer 8/3 The philistinian ignorance of policy makers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1773 |
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