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

The style is that of the Ionian or Homeric epos; but there are also several traces of the Hesiodic or Boeotian school.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

ATHAMAS, in Greek mythology, king of the Minyae in Boeotian Orchomenus, son of Aeolus, king of Thessaly, or of Minyas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

The Boeotian potter may have appropriated the scene from an Athenian source.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

The amphora just referred to is a Boeotian fabric, but that fact does not nullify the importance of its bearing upon the problem in hand.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)