popish 天主教的（蔑稱，不要用）｜字脈

1天主教的（蔑稱，不要用）
Popish is an offensive adjective meaning related to the Roman Catholic Church — said with dislike. Do not use this word. It belongs with : older Protestant English, especially in Britain, used it to paint Catholic things as foreign and wrong — a popish plot, popish practices, popish priests. The ending -ish often feels small or gentle in words like smallish; here it is not cute. It is a slap. If you meet it in an old book or a play, it tells you the speaker is hostile. The ordinary are Catholic and Roman Catholic.

組成From pope + -ish.

popethe first piece; the Bishop of Rome
poperythe noun from the same pope plus -ery; also an offensive word, do not use it

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

popishadj/ˈpəʊpɪʃ/

1
derogatoryof or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
- I do, therefore, much blame the petulcity of whatsoever author, that should dare to impute a Popish affection to him […]
2
derogatoryacting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope.

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