adjective Also Babylonish.
noun
- an inhabitant of ancient Babylonia.
- the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Babylonia.Compare Akkadian(def 1).
noun
- an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- the extinct language of Babylonia, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a dialect of Akkadian
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Babylon or Babylonia, its people, or their language
- decadent or depraved
1560s; see Babylon + -ian. From 1630s as an adjective. Earlier in the adjectival sense was Babylonical (1530s).