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
I have my plane tree, my jug of old Falernian.
From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton
Well, Manlius, how do you like the Falernian?
From A Christian But a Roman by Jókai, Mór
At the left of the first ascent lies the Falernian mount, whose wines are immortalized by Horace.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
The Calenian wine is light, and better for the stomach than the Falernian.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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