Boeotian

American  

[bee-oh-shuhn] / biˈoʊ ʃən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants.

2. dull; obtuse; without cultural refinement.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia.

2. a dull, obtuse person; Philistine.

Boeotian British  

/ bɪˈəʊʃɪən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece

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adjective

1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants

Etymology

Origin of Boeotian

First recorded in 1590–1600; Boeoti(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, now a consultant on conservation, silently contemplated a Boeotian vase.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 371 he represented Thebes at the congress in Sparta, and by his refusal to surrender the Boeotian cities under Theban control prevented the conclusion of a general peace.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

Aristophanes, in his play The Acharnians, indulges in a flight of satire at the expense of the musical Boeotians, by making a band of Theban pipers play a Boeotian merchant and his slave into town.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

An almost identical story was current in the neighbourhood of Tilphossa, a Boeotian spring.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

For a time the presidency of the Boeotian League was taken away from Thebes, but in 457 the Spartans reinstated that city as a bulwark against Athenian aggression.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various