(n) king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC), Syn. Herod the Great

herodotus

(n) the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)

out-herod

(v) surpass someone in cruelty or evil

great blue heron

(n) large American heron having bluish-grey plumage, Syn. Ardea herodius

ramjet

(n) a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed, Syn. flying drainpipe, ramjet engine, atherodyde, athodyd

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Eleutherodactylus

n. a genus of completely terrestrial robber frogs.
Syn. -- genus Eleutherodactylus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Herodian

prop. n. (Jewish Hist.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Herodiones

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'erwdio`s a heron. ] (Zool.) A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine a. [1913 Webster]

Out-Herod

v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the Pope. “It out-Herods Herod.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

希律王

[希律王, Xī lǜ wáng] King Herod (in the biblical nativity story)

希罗底

[希罗底 / 希羅底, Xī luó dǐ] Herodium (town in biblical Judea)

黑落德

[黑落德, Hēi luò dé] Herod (biblical King)

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幼児虐殺

[ようじぎゃくさつ, youjigyakusatsu] (n) Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

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