idolous
English
Etymology
Adjective
idolous (comparative more idolous, superlative most idolous)
- (obsolete) idolatrous
- a. 1563, John Bale, The Examinations of Lord Cobham, William Thorpe and Anne Askewe, &c:
- O idolous shepherd ! saith Zachary ; thou seekest not to heal the wounded , but to eat the flesh of the fat
References
- “idolous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.