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— English words —

• philistine n. (Derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of…
• philistine adj. (Derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards…
• Philistine n. (Historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.
• Philistine n. (Figurative, frequently humorous, usually in the plural) An opponent (of the speaker, writer, etc); an enemy, a foe.
• Philistine n. (University slang, historical) In German universities: a person not associated with the university;…
• Philistine n. Alternative letter-case form of philistine (“a person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a…
• Philistine adj. (Historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.
• Philistine adj. Alternative letter-case form of philistine (“ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation…

— English words, defined in French —

• philistine adj. Philistin.
• philistine n. Philistin.

— In French —

• philistine adj. Féminin singulier de philistin.
• Philistine n.f. Femme d’un peuple voisin des Hébreux.

53 English words from 8 English definitions

Alternative ancient antagonistic appreciation associated case Derogatory East enemy etc Figurative foe for form frequently from German historical humorous ignorant lacking lacks letter letter␣case Levant Middle Middle␣East non not opponent Originating person pertaining Philistia philistine Philistines plural region Semitic slang southwest speaker specifically the to␣the towards uneducated universities university usually who with writer

2 English words from 4 foreign definitions

des Femme

6 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Féminin Hébreux peuple philistin singulier voisin

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

philistines Philistines philistinely

27 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

HIL hili Ili -ine ist Ist IST -ist is't lis LIS list List phi PHI phil Phil -phil phil- phil. Phil. STI S.T.I. tin TIN tine Tine

13 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IHP Ili its ITS 'its it's its' nit nits sil Sil SIL TSI

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

philistines Philistines

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