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Callimachan

Callimachan is the alternative form of Callimachean.

Meaning of Callimachean

Adjective

Callimachean (comparative more Callimachean, superlative most Callimachean)

  1. Of or relating to Callimachus (c. 310 – c. 240 BC), an ancient Greek poet, scholar and librarian who was active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC.

Forms of Callimachan

comparativemore Callimachan
superlativemost Callimachan

Questions about Callimachan

What is Callimachan the alternative form of?
Callimachan is the alternative form of Callimachean.

Words near Callimachan in the dictionary

  1. calligraphists
  2. calligraphs
  3. calligraphy
  4. Callihan
  5. Callihans
  6. Callimachan
  7. Callimachean
  8. Callimacheanism
  9. Callimachian
  10. Callimachus
  11. callimico

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Callimachan (page history and authors); Callimachean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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