Tacitean

American  

[tas-i-tee-uhn] / ˌtæs ɪˈti ən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.

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Etymology

Origin of Tacitean

First recorded in 1885–90; Tacit(us) + -ean

Example Sentences

If the realization of this wish be the hope of statesmen, the historian of culture can only desire that the race remain according to a Tacitean word regarding the Teuton "similar only to itself."

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

He had a Tacitean power of drawing a portrait with a phrase which haunted the memory.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

Tacitus has described him in a passage, remarkable even among Tacitean portraits for its extraordinary brilliance.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

But his discourse, usually ample and florid as befitted both his person and his calling, was couched on this occasion in Tacitean brevity.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman

Wonderfully Tacitean is a later comment of the Pasha—an Armenian by birth.

From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe