most hippocrenian
əˌkrin, ˌhɪp noun
a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
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Hip·po·cre·ni·an, adjective
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Hippocrene (ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn, ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration | |
| [C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring] | |
| Hippo'crenian | |
| —adj | |
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