Horatian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Horace.
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Prosody.
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of, relating to, or resembling the poetic style or diction of Horace.
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of, relating to, or noting a Horatian ode.
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adjective
Etymology
Origin of Horatian
1740–50; < Latin Horātiānus, equivalent to Horāti ( us ) Horace + -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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Horatian satire, named after Horace, is low-key, mild and designed not to really get anyone’s knickers in a twist.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2016
It is this magnanimity that elevates The Tomb of Thomas Jefferson above the run of books by the many minor poets who can write Frosty or Horatian lyrics as well as Lee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet Merrill's own repertoire includes a Horatian ode, several forms of sonnets, a slightly modified villanelle and a stretch of Dantesque terza rima.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the current This Week, F.P.A., the mournful wit of Information Please, anc an old Horatian of parts, made a plea for "the so-called dead language."
From Time Magazine Archive
He therefore kneaded praise and blame together, according to an Horatian mixture, in order to make neither satirical nor flattering allusions to two dismissed court-people.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
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