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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the Frankish dynasty established by Clovis, which reigned in Gaul and Germany from a.d. 476 to 751.
noun
2.
a member or supporter of the Merovingian dynasty.
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Merovingian
has a plethora of syllables.
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| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| given to using long words. |
Origin:
1685–95; < French mérovingien, equivalent to méroving- (< Medieval Latin < Germanic; compare Old English Merewīowing offspring of Merewig, grandfather of Clovis) + -ien -ian
1685–95; < French mérovingien, equivalent to méroving- (< Medieval Latin < Germanic; compare Old English Merewīowing offspring of Merewig, grandfather of Clovis) + -ien -ian
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Word Origin & History
Merovingian
1694, from Fr. Mérovingien, from M.L. Merovingi, "descendants of Meroveus," (mythical?) ancestor of the line of Frank. kings in Gaul (c.500-752) beginning with Clovis; the name is a Latinization of O.H.G. Mar-wig "famed-fight" + Gmc. patronymic suffix -ing.
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