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Vergilian

or Vir·gil·i·an

[ ver-jil-ee-uhn, -jil-yuhn ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.


Vergilian

/ vəˈdʒɪlɪən /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of Virgilian


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Other Words From

  • pre-Ver·gili·an adjective
  • pseudo-Ver·gili·an adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Vergilian1

1505–15; < Latin Virgiliānus; -an

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Example Sentences

Nor is it for nothing that the fashion of Vergilian quotation so long dominated our parliamentary eloquence.

And it suddenly impressed me as something poignant, as something with the Vergilian touch of tears in it.

Was it an elaborate jest at the expense of Giovanni, the writer of Vergilian verse?

Gavin Douglass of the Vergilian measure was bishop here, and Mrs. Oliphant has written stories round about.

A glow of inspiration that merits better than that of any living poet the high adjective, Vergilian.

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