Balaam

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew בִּלְעָם‎ (bil'am)

Proper noun

Balaam

A diviner in the Torah.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Numbers 22:28:
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  And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

Derived terms

Balaamite

Etymology 2

The miracle of Balaam's ass speaking; see talk out one's ass.

Noun

Balaam (plural Balaams)

(slang, archaic, journalism) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column.

Derived terms

References

Balaam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Alabam', Ambala

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