Nineveht (nineve)

[So called in ref. to Nineveh in the story of Jonah; Oh, that was the story of Jone and the wall [Jonah and the whale), was it not, George? Beau, and Fl ., Knight of Burning Pestle, iii. 2. Ninevite (nin'e-vit), n. [ Ninivitæ , Νινευίται , pl.; as Nineveh (see def.) + -ite2 .] An inhabitant of Nineveh, the ancient capital of As syria. The Ninevites and the Babylonians. Ninevite fast. See fast3 . Encyc. Brit ., VII. 433.