Plutarchian
[ ploo-tahr-kee-uhn ]
/ pluˈtɑr ki ən /
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adjective
of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
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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Words nearby Plutarchian
plus sight, plus sign, plus-size, plus tick, Plutarch, Plutarchian, Plutarch's Lives, pluteus, plutino, Pluto, plutocracy
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How to use Plutarchian in a sentence
In the Plutarchian method there was ever a snare, and I have come near treading in it.
Since Czanne|Clive Bell