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Boiotian

Boiotian is the alternative form of Boeotian.

Meaning of Boeotian

Adjective

Boeotian (comparative more Boeotian, superlative most Boeotian)

  1. (historical) Pertaining to Boeotia.
    • The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed. The collapse of Boeotian morale at the death of Epaminondas and the abrupt cessation of fighting remain...2002, Robert E. Gaebel, Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 140
  2. (broadly) Stupid, foolish, dull-witted.
    • we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 418

See all 5 meanings of Boeotian

Forms of Boiotian

Adjective
comparativemore Boiotian
superlativemost Boiotian
Noun
pluralBoiotians

Questions about Boiotian

What is Boiotian the alternative form of?
Boiotian is the alternative form of Boeotian.

Words near Boiotian in the dictionary

  1. boinking
  2. boinks
  3. boinky
  4. boio
  5. Boiotia
  6. Boiotian
  7. Boiotians
  8. boipussies
  9. boipussy
  10. Boiro
  11. Boiron

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