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noun
2.
a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim.
3.
an irreligious or hedonistic person.
adjective
4.
pertaining to the worship or worshipers of any religion that is neither Christian, Jewish, nor Muslim.
5.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of pagans.
6.
irreligious or hedonistic.
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Paganish
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Medieval Latin, Late Latin pāgānus worshiper of false gods, orig. civilian (i.e., not a soldier of Christ), Latin: peasant, noun use of pāgānus rural, civilian, derivative of pāgus village, rural district (akin to pangere to fix, make fast); see -an
1325–75; Middle English < Medieval Latin, Late Latin pāgānus worshiper of false gods, orig. civilian (i.e., not a soldier of Christ), Latin: peasant, noun use of pāgānus rural, civilian, derivative of pāgus village, rural district (akin to pangere to fix, make fast); see -an
Related forms
pa·gan·ish, adjective
pa·gan·ish·ly, adverb
non·pa·gan, noun, adjective
non·pa·gan·ish, adjective
pseu·do·pa·gan, adjective
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Word Origin & History
pagan
late 14c., from L.L. paganus "pagan," in classical L. "villager, rustic, civilian," from pagus "rural district," originally "district limited by markers," thus related to pangere "to fix, fasten," from PIE base *pag- "to fix" (see pact). Religious sense is often said to derive
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