Nicodemite

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /nɪkəˈdiːmʌɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who hides their faith or belief in something; a secret adherent.
    — The democratic dividends for Scotland have been kept well off the agenda by the big-business-led no campaign and its Nicodemite fellow travellers – a few of whom are writers.

词形变化

Nicodemites plural

词源

Borrowed from Middle French Nicodemite, corresponding to Nicodemus + -ite, after a Pharisee in the Gospel of John who secretly comes to Jesus for instruction while outwardly remaining a pious Jew.
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