Crossword-Solution: SHIBBOLETH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shibboleth | n. | A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii. |
| Shibboleth | n. | Also in an extended sense. |
| Shibboleth | n. | Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase. |
We have 28 clues for the answer “SHIBBOLETH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Watchword or catchword | 1 answer |
| Pet phrase | 1 answer |
| Password, from the Bible | 1 answer |
| OUTWORN catchword | 1 answer |
| EMPTY formula | 1 answer |
| A MANNER OF SPEAKING THAT IS DISTINCTIVE OF A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE | 11 answers |
| banality | 14 answers |
| Password | 23 answers |
| Catchphrase | 23 answers |
| Catchword | 24 answers |
| Logo | 26 answers |
| Watchword | 26 answers |
| Rallying cry? | 27 answers |
| slogan | 27 answers |
| Motto | 28 answers |
| Byword | 35 answers |
| Jingle | 35 answers |
| Aphorism | 35 answers |
| Adage | 36 answers |
| Identification | 37 answers |
| Saying | 42 answers |
| CUE ___ | 42 answers |
| countersign | 49 answers |
| Axiom | 60 answers |
| Means of Access | 60 answers |
| Maxim | 65 answers |
| Signal | 75 answers |
| Cry | 79 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with SHIBBOLETH (5)
Capacity is a secondary matter in a midwife, temper in a servant, affection in a daughter, and the repetition of a shibboleth fulfils the law.
When the noise subsided, one fan, evidently a little longer-winded than his comrades, cried out hysterically: "O-h! I don't care what becomes of me--now-w!" Score tied, three to three, game must go ten innings--that was the shibboleth; that was the overmastering truth.
CHAPTER V The College—The Rector—Shibboleth—National Prejudices—Youthful Sports—Jews of Lisbon—Bad Faith—Crime and Superstition—Strange Proposal.
That it was not ill applied by them in Spain no one will be disposed to deny when told that it exactly corresponds with the Shibboleth of the Spaniards, ‘Carajo,’ an oath equally common in Spain as its equivalent in Hungary.
When two of these asses met, there would be an anxious “Have you got your lantern?” and a gratified “Yes!” That was the shibboleth, and very needful too; for, as it was the rule to keep our glory contained, none could recognise a lantern-bearer, unless (like the polecat) by the smell.
Quotes with SHIBBOLETH (2)
... nature did not make us to feel too good for too long (which would be no good for the survival of the species) but only to feel good enough to imagine, erroneously, that someday we might feel good all the time. To believe that humanity will ever live in a feel-good world is a common mistake. And if we do not feel good, we should act as if we do. If you act happy, then you will become happy — everybody in the workaday world knows that. If you do not improve, then someone mu…
The only shibboleth the West has is science. It is the premise of modernity and it defines itself as a rationality capable of, indeed requiring separation from politics, religion and really, society. Modernisation is to work towards this.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1972–2023).