Vergilian

or Vir·gil·i·an

[ ver-jil-ee-uhn, -jil-yuhn ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.

Vergilian

/ vəˈdʒɪlɪən /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of Virgilian

Other Words From

• pre-Ver·gili·an adjective
• pseudo-Ver·gili·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vergilian¹

1505–15; < Latin Virgiliānus; -an

Example Sentences

Nor is it for nothing that the fashion of Vergilian quotation so long dominated our parliamentary eloquence.

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And it suddenly impressed me as something poignant, as something with the Vergilian touch of tears in it.

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Was it an elaborate jest at the expense of Giovanni, the writer of Vergilian verse?

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Gavin Douglass of the Vergilian measure was bishop here, and Mrs. Oliphant has written stories round about.

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A glow of inspiration that merits better than that of any living poet the high adjective, Vergilian.

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