Adjective: heathen
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | heathener |
| Superlative | heathenest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more heathen |
| Superlative | most heathen |
Sample Sentences
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War of holy principles
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I'm seeking God's help in your destruction
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Slit the throat of heathen man
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And let his blood dilute the water, bury your dead [2006, Jeff Hanneman, “Jihad”, Tom Araya (lyrics), performed by Slayer:]
Adjectives inflected like heathen
wholsom,
seldom,
scared,
solemn,
silent,
beloved,
uptight,
perfect,
useless,
up-tight,
selfish,
distinct,
discreet,
Dutch,
reckless,
bumfuck,
worthless,
slender,
faithfull,
shallow, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Middle English hethen, from Old English hǣþen, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþin, from Proto-Germanic *haiþīnaz (“heathen, pagan”, adjective), equivalent to heath (“heathland”) + -en.
2. Cognate with West Frisian heiden, Dutch heiden, Middle High German heiden, German Heiden, German Heide, Swedish heden, Danish hedensk (from heden+sk), Icelandic heiðinn. See also Proto-Germanic *haiduz, Old Norse heiðr (honour, bright, moor), Icelandic heiður (honour). See: Swedish Adjectives '
heden'.