a. [f. Edomite inhabitant of Edom + -ISH.] Pertaining to Edom; characteristic of the Edomites. In 17th c. sometimes used allusively with reference to Ps. cxxxvii. 7.
1641. W. Hooke, New Eng. Teares, 6. A right Edomitish quality; for Edom rejoyced over the children of Iudah [etc.].
1641. Milton, Animadv., Wks. (1851), 240. This is a more Edomitish conceit than the former. Ibid. (1645), Colast., ibid. 349. [Job’s] Edomitish Freins.
