Rhadamanthine
- a word derived from Rhadamanthus.
- a word derived from Rhadamanthys.
Example Sentences
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Carlyle felt more softly than he said, and could not have been trusted to execute one of his own Rhadamanthine decrees.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John
Below the emotion itself there sits enthroned a hard intellectual force, a power of appraising quality, a Rhadamanthine judgment.
From From a College Window by Benson, Arthur Christopher
He accordingly addressed a carefully considered epistle to Sue, and, knowing her emotional temperament, threw a Rhadamanthine strictness into the lines here and there, carefully hiding his heterodox feelings, not to frighten her.
From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas
In his first volume he had been Rhadamanthine upon the translation of Mr. Newman.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
The Rhadamanthine frown on Dwight's face yielded to a very composite expression, a look in which chagrin, tenderness, and a barely perceptible trace of amusement mingled.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward
