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scapegoat

Произношение:
scape.goat
Часть речи:
n
Происхождение:
[[1]scape; intended as trans. of Heb 'azazel (prob. name of a demon), as if 'ez 'ozel goat that departs--Lev 16:8 (AV)]
Появление:
(1530)
Определение:
1: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur 2 a: one that bears the blame for others b: one that is the object of irrational hostility

Часть речи:
vt
Появление:
(1943)
Определение:
to make a scapegoat of -- scape.goat.ism n

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