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philistine

Postby skinem » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:43 pm

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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Postby Perry » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:33 pm

from Hebrew Plitîm
Sorry, but no. In Hebrew is is Ph'listhtim. See below.
פְלִשְׁתִּים
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