Falernian

[ fuh-lur-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. (especially of a wine celebrated by Horace) of, coming from, or made in a district of Campania, Italy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Falernian¹

1720–30; < Latin ( ager ) Falern ( us ) Falernian (field) + -ian

Example Sentences

Affable and adored by soldiers, he was the kind of guy you could drink the famed Falernian wine with.

From Wall Street Journal

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

Is it even good, this Falernian wine of yours?

From Project Gutenberg

To begin with, he had all the best vintages: Château Margaux, Grand Lafitte which had been twice to the Indies, Sillery de Moët, Hochmeyer, scarlet wine, port and porter, ale and ginger beer, white and red Lachryma-Christi, Caprian, and Falernian.

From Project Gutenberg

What, you have Falernian wine, animal!

From Project Gutenberg