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Callimachian

Callimachian 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 Callimachian

comparativemore Callimachian
superlativemost Callimachian

Questions about Callimachian

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

Words near Callimachian in the dictionary

  1. Callihan
  2. Callihans
  3. Callimachan
  4. Callimachean
  5. Callimacheanism
  6. Callimachian
  7. Callimachus
  8. callimico
  9. callimiconid
  10. callimiconids
  11. callimicos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Callimachian (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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