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idolish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪdəlɪʃ/

Etymology

From idol + -ish.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Idolatrous.
   • they have stuffed their idolish temples with the wasteful pillage of your estates 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC:
2. Resembling or characteristic of an idol.
   • I observed on a shelf an idolish-looking image, so I said to the girl, "Is that one of your idols?" 1884, India's Women, volume 4, page 17:

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