Plutarchian

Plu·tarch·i·an

[ploo-tahr-kee-uhn]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the biographer Plutarch.
2.
characteristic of or resembling a biography by Plutarch or its subject: a life worthy of Plutarchian description; a deed of Plutarchian splendor.

Origin:
1855–60; Plutarch + -ian

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