Pierian

[ pahy-eer-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Muses.
2. of or relating to poetry or poetic inspiration.
3. of or relating to Pieria.

Pierian

/ paɪˈɪərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Muses or artistic or poetic inspiration
2. of or relating to Pieria

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pierian¹

1585–95; < Latin Pīeri ( us ) of Pieria + -an

Example Sentences

The following lines are: “Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:/There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain/And drinking largely sobers us again.”

From Washington Post

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.’

From Literature

As soon as Sylvia was dressed she went round to the Airdales’; everybody she met on the way inspired her with a longing to confide in him the portentousness of the day, and she found herself speculating whether several business men, who were hurrying to catch the nine-o’clock train, had possibly an intention of visiting the Pierian Hall that afternoon.

From Project Gutenberg

Sylvia’s mind rambled among the omens of numbers, and left her audience still undecided between Bond Street and Rumpelmayer’s, left it upon the steps of the Pierian Hall, the sport of passing traffic, hungry, thirsty, homesick.

From Project Gutenberg

The summer passed away quickly in a complexity of arrangements for the opening performance at the Pierian Hall.

From Project Gutenberg