Falernian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Falernian
1720–30; < Latin ( ager ) Falern ( us ) Falernian (field) + -ian
Example Sentences
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The Falernian, from Southern Italy, by contrast, was “strong” and “powerful”; Pliny the Elder wrote that “there is now no wine known that ranks higher.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2015
No barren wreath of fame was mine When Mac approved my stuff, But casks of good Falernian wine, And slaves and gold enough.
From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston
“Mons Massicus was a vine-clad hill in the Campagna, where the Falernian wine was grown.”
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Upon such occasions, the Falernian flowed, and boars were roasted whole.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
Catius tells us how to drown fowls in Falernian wine, to render them more luscious and tender.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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