Virgilian

[ ver-jil-ee-uh n, -jil-yuh n ]

/ vərˈdʒɪl i ən, -ˈdʒɪl yən /

adjective

Vergilian.

Related formspre-Vir·gil·i·an, adjectivepseu·do-Vir·gil·i·an, adjective

Definition for virgilian (2 of 2)

Vergilian

or Vir·gil·i·an

[ ver-jil-ee-uh n, -jil-yuh n ]

/ vərˈdʒɪl i ən, -ˈdʒɪl yən /

adjective

pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.

Origin of Vergilian

1505–15; < Latin Virgiliānus; see -an

Related formspre-Ver·gil·i·an, adjectivepseu·do-Ver·gil·i·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for virgilian

His ear is good, and his rhythm, with a few exceptions, musical and Virgilian.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
Dobell's mouth was ever full of very pretty Latinity, for the most part Virgilian.
My First Book:|Various
As when a fox, emerging from the tangled covert——But I cannot pursue the Virgilian method any further.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, July 6, 1895|Various
But James had nothing but cold water and Virgilian quotations for his son's ardour.
The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II.|John Lothrop Motley

An earthquake, slight but real, has stirred the ever-wakeful Vesta of the brain to this Virgilian quotation.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece|John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for virgilian

Vergilian

/ (vəˈdʒɪlɪən) /

adjective

a variant spelling of Virgilian

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Virgilian

adjective

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Definition for virgilian (2 of 2)

Vergilian

or Vir·gil·i·an

adjective

Origin of Vergilian

Examples from the Web for virgilian

British Dictionary definitions for virgilian

Vergilian

adjective