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Caligulean

Caligulean is the alternative form of Caligulan.

Meaning of Caligulan

Adjective

Caligulan (comparative more Caligulan, superlative most Caligulan)

  1. Of or pertaining to Caligula (AD 12–41), Roman Emperor.
  2. (transferred sense) Brutally cruel and tyrannical.
    • The Caligulan malice with which Donald Trump administered Paul Ryan’s degradation is an object lesson in the price of abject capitulation to power.2016, George F. Will, “The ‘big price’ Paul Ryan has paid for supporting Donald Trump”, in The Washington Post

Forms of Caligulean

comparativemore Caligulean
superlativemost Caligulean

Questions about Caligulean

What is Caligulean the alternative form of?
Caligulean is the alternative form of Caligulan.

Words near Caligulean in the dictionary

  1. caligraphs
  2. caligraphy
  3. Caliguiri
  4. Caligula
  5. Caligulan
  6. Caligulean
  7. Caligulian
  8. Caligulism
  9. Caligulisms
  10. caligynephobia
  11. Caliking

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