This sense comes from the Bible. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Towns such as Eagle, Glenwood Springs.. As early as , however, the lowercase word nimrod acquired a secondary meaning:.
Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Randell: Possibly. See this blog entry for an explanation of eggcorns. I grew up in the Midwest where it was very common to call someone a nimrod. In Hebrew it means rebel, so maybe that has something to do with its becoming derogatory. He was also the founder of Babylon who convinced everyone to build a tower to heaven. That makes about the tenth. The same old Nimrod.
Won't let her alone for a second. In most English-speaking countries, Nimrod is used to denote a hunter or warrior, because the biblical Nimrod is described as "a mighty hunter". In American English, however, the term assumed a derogatory meaning, probably because of Bugs Bunny's references to Elmer Fudd as a "poor little Nimrod".
While this was most likely using the term's "hunter" sense, it contributed to the development of a sense "one who was easily confounded". Few people would question the meaning of the word, nimrod , if they heard it in casual conversation.
It's a colloquial term that's used as a substitute for idiot , moron , and a slew of other unsavory synonyms. But you don't have to dig deep to find a different definition. According to Merriam-Webster , the word's original meaning is "a descendant of Ham represented in Genesis as a mighty hunter and a king of Shinar". In this context, Nimrod is capitalized to denote a biblical figure.
Its secondary definitions are "hunter" and "idiot, jerk. But it isn't exactly clear how the word shifted from honoring a significant biblical figure to poking fun at someone who lacks intelligence.
The edition defines it:. He was known as a great hunter. He was a poor fox hunter who kept falling off his horse into "the drink," and the name Nimrod came to be known as a klutz. I can add that Nimrod was understood by high school students in Southern California as meaning "idiot" by , when I learned the word only with that meaning. My understanding of the source of the "idiot" definition for nimrod is the small town of Nimrod in Minnesota.
It had a state run insane asylum. Locals in the area use to call people that were acting crazy nimrods. You are ALL wrong Nimrod was the world's first "Anti-Christ" figure. He appeared not long after the flood when the sons of Noah's sons had "multiplied upon the earth"-Genisis.
God instructed the post flood humans to "spread out upon the face of the Earth" But Nimrod, who had conquered most peoples in existence at the time, did NOT want to divide his kingdom. So he devised a plan to "deal" with God. Build a tower up to heaven, enter God's throne room and kill him. After this, Nimrod was foiled. Standing near the peak of his tower and watching his former subjects "babel" at one another, he knew he could not win It is for that last action that "Don't be a Nimrod" came to mean, "Don't be an idiot" For only an Idiot shakes his fist at God.
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