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Boeotian

[ bee-oh-shuhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants.
  2. dull; obtuse; without cultural refinement.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia.
  2. a dull, obtuse person; Philistine.

Boeotian

/ bɪˈəʊʃɪən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece


adjective

  1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Boeotian1

First recorded in 1590–1600; Boeoti(a) + -an

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Example Sentences

Priene is called by some writers Cadme, because Philotus, its second founder, was a Bœotian.

These gods promised to Hyricus, a Bœotian peasant, who had entertained them hospitably, whatever he would ask.

All the women there were slaves whom the Bœotian beat when they allowed a customer to leave discontented.

He was a Bœotian, and in his youth tended sheep upon Mount Helicon.

The city was built, the walls rising to the music of Argeian and Bœotian flutes.

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