| 单词 |
Iscariot |
| 释义 |
Iscariot|ɪˈskærɪət|
[ad. L. Iscariōta, a. Gr. Ἰσκαριώτης, understood to be ad. Heb. īsh-q'rīyōth man of Kerioth (a place in Palestine).]
The surname of Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ. Hence, an appellation for an accursed traitor. Also attrib.
1647Ward Simp. Cobler 43 He may be a zelot.., and yet an Iscariot. 1795–7Southey Juvenile & Minor Poems Poet. Wks. II. 116 An Iscariot curse will lie Upon the name. 1878E. Jenkins Haverholme 63 Those..he deemed Iscariots to a Divine cause.
Hence Iscariotic |ɪskærɪˈɒtɪk| a., of or relating to Judas Iscariot; Iscariˈotical a., characteristic of or resembling Judas Iscariot; wickedly treacherous; Iˈscariotism, a practice characteristic of Judas Iscariot, esp. in reference to parsimonious employment of church funds (cf. John xii. 5).
1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 63 The 109th has been called the *Iscariotic Psalm.
a1625Boys Wks. (1630) 282 This *Iscarioticall feat. Ibid. 285 To whet..tongue and pen against that Iscariotticall legerdemaine. 1641Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 64 No such prostitution, no such Iscariotical drifts are to be doubted.
1883Ch. Times 18 May 357 The Congregation..will also reject the principle of *Iscariotism, or the cheap-and-nasty in religion. 1885Ibid. 16 Jan. 37 Far be it from me to advocate Iscariotism. |
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