idolish

English

Etymology

From idol +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdəlɪʃ/

Adjective

idolish (comparative more idolish, superlative most idolish)

(obsolete) idolatrous
- 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC:
  they have stuffed their idolish temples with the wasteful pillage of your estates

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “idolish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)