Philistian
/fɪˈlɪstɪən/Now archaic and rare
noun
= Philistine.
adjective
Of or relating to ancient Philistia or the Philistines.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From Anglo-Norman Philistien, Filistien, alteration (with suffix substitution: compare -ien) of Old French Philistin.
- putrid fever
- putridity
- putridly
- putridness
- putrid sore throat
- putrifiable
- putrification
- putriform
- put salt on the tail of
- putsch
- putsching
- putschism
- putschist
- put someone about
- put someone away
- put someone down
- put someone down as
- put someone down for
- put someone forward
- put someone in his (or her) place
- put someone in mind of
- put someone in the way of
- put someone off
- put someone off their stroke
- put someone on