Babylonian

[ bab-uh-loh-nee-uhn, -lohn-yuhn ]

adjectiveAlso Babylonish.
  1. of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.

  2. extremely luxurious.

  1. wicked; sinful.

noun
  1. an inhabitant of ancient Babylonia.

  2. the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Babylonia. : Compare Akkadian (def. 1).

Origin of Babylonian

1
First recorded in 1555–65; Babyloni(a) + -an

Other words from Babylonian

  • post-Bab·y·lo·ni·an, adjective
  • pre-Bab·y·lo·ni·an, adjective
  • pseu·do-Bab·y·lo·ni·an, adjective, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for Babylonian

Babylonian

/ (ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪən) /


noun
  1. an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia

  2. the extinct language of Babylonia, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a dialect of Akkadian

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Babylon or Babylonia, its people, or their language

  2. decadent or depraved

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