Patmosian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person from the Isle of Patmos.
    — ...accept for real the fire until it reaches you and burn your fingers; don't give greater credence to me, than to the Patmosian until my predictions will gloom over you and in that awful instant will hit you what you should have had to begin with (however to start it is too late and to end it is far too early!)
  2. A believer in Saint John's apocalyptic vision.
    — He may not be able to become a pagan or a Chaldean, but he can become—however partially and reluctantly—a Patmosian, since the Apocalypse of St. John of Patmos was indeed a significant part of the “creed” in which as a child he was "suckled".
形容词 adj.
  1. From or similar to the Isle of Patmos.
    — Lone isle of the Cyclades, with thy bleak Patmosian heights, canst thou not bring back thy wondrous exile, whose great prophetic soul was carried to heights of heavenly revelation, unreached by fellowman?
  2. Pertaining to Saint John the Divine or his "Apocalypse".
    — This was the Patmosian heaven, a scene of splendid felicity and pure beautification.

词形变化

Patmosians plural more Patmosian comparative most Patmosian superlative

词源

词源 1
From Patmos + -ian, from the Isle of Patmos, where Saint John the Divine wrote the "Apocalypse" in a cave.
词源 2
From Patmos + -ian, from the Isle of Patmos, where Saint John the Divine wrote the "Apocalypse" in a cave.
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