Definition of Babelish

1. Adjective. Chaotically confused, like Babel. ¹

2. Proper noun. Chaotically confused language; babble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Babelish

1. in a confused state [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Babelish

babbly
babby
babe in arms
babe in the wood
babe in the woods
babe magnet
babefphite
babehood
babehoods
babeldom
babeldoms
babelicious
babelike
babelish (current term)
babelism
babelisms
babelize
babelized
babelizes
babelizing
babels
babery
babes
babes in arms
babesia
babesia bovis
babesias
babesiasis

Literary usage of Babelish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1859)
"To worship God in a variety of tongues it regards as babelish, and as tending to schism ; and accordingly it adheres to the vulgate as the received text. ..."

2. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1901)
"... the Italian, the Spaniard,' so far from ' making Littletons hotch-potch of our tongue or a babelish confusion,' is amply warranted by the results, ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine (1870)
"But still the crowd in the rooms, passages, and corridors was babelish. Pea & Co. took care of us, and we were told off at last to double-bedded rooms-—an ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1830)
"... some playing on immense i French horns, and accompanied by their full pack of hounds, making with their master a most babelish noise. ..."

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