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Plutarchian

[ ploo-tahr-kee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating 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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Plutarchian1

First recorded in 1855–60; Plutarch + -ian

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Example Sentences

In the Plutarchian method there was ever a snare, and I have come near treading in it.

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