Horatian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Horace.
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Prosody.
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of, relating to, or resembling the poetic style or diction of Horace.
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of, relating to, or noting a Horatian ode.
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adjective
Etymology
Origin of Horatian
1740–50; < Latin Horātiānus, equivalent to Horāti ( us ) Horace + -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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Horatian satire, named after Horace, is low-key, mild and designed not to really get anyone’s knickers in a twist.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2016
Yet Merrill's own repertoire includes a Horatian ode, several forms of sonnets, a slightly modified villanelle and a stretch of Dantesque terza rima.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is this magnanimity that elevates The Tomb of Thomas Jefferson above the run of books by the many minor poets who can write Frosty or Horatian lyrics as well as Lee.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the current This Week, F.P.A., the mournful wit of Information Please, anc an old Horatian of parts, made a plea for "the so-called dead language."
From Time Magazine Archive
From Gardiner she "writes to Sanborn" for the Horatian lines she wishes to quote.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
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