gadareneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡadəɹiːn/

形容詞

Gadarene (comparative more Gadarene, superlative most Gadarene)

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Gadara (near modern-day Umm Qais, in Jordan).
2. Headlong, as of a flight or rush (with reference to the swine of Matthew VIII:28-32.^[1]).
   • 2000, Greg Philo, The Guardian, letter, 28 Aug 2000:

     Television is a key influence on social culture, yet what it provides is increasingly dominated by the Gadarene rush to grab viewers.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 68:

     A gadarene rush to convert from paper to specie in early 1720, led by Law's erstwhile cronies among the court aristocracy, underlined the point.

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