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Ciceronians

Ciceronians is the plural of Ciceronian.

Meaning of Ciceronian

Noun

Ciceronian (plural Ciceronians)

  1. One who adopts or favours Cicero's literary style.
    • One thing is observable in all the professed Ciceronians, namely, the using a multitude of words to express their meaning. This they learned from their master, since it cannot be denied that Cicero is rather verbose.1758, The Critical Review, or Annals of Literature, volume 6, page 275

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Questions about Ciceronians

What is Ciceronians the plural of?
Ciceronians is the plural of Ciceronian.

Words near Ciceronians in the dictionary

  1. Ciceronian
  2. Ciceronianism
  3. Ciceronianisms
  4. Ciceronianist
  5. Ciceronianists
  6. Ciceronians
  7. Ciceronic
  8. ciceronical
  9. Ciceronicall
  10. ciceroning
  11. ciceronism

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