Phil·is·tine (fl-stn, f-lstn, -tn)
NOUN:
1. A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century b.c.
2.
1. A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values.
2. One who lacks knowledge in a specific area.
ADJECTIVE:
1. Of or relating to ancient Philistia.
2. often philistine Boorish; barbarous: "our plastic, violent culture, with its philistine tastes and hunger for novelty" (Lloyd Rose).
ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English Philistines, Philistines, from Late Latin Philistn, from Greek Philistnoi, from Hebrew Plitîm, from Pleet Philistia
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