Meaning

noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

noun a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC

adjective of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

originThe noun is derived from Middle English Philistyne, Philisten [and other forms], from Old English Filistina (genitive plural), from Old French Philistin (modern French Philistin) and Late Latin Philistinus, from Koine Greek Φυλιστῖνοι (Phulistînoi), a variant of Φυλιστιίμ (Phulistiím), Φυλιστιείμ (Phulistieím) (compare Koine Greek Παλαιστῖνοι (Palaistînoi)), from Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים (p'lishtím,…

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