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Cleopatran

Cleopatran adjective: of or pertaining to Cleopatra or her government or reign; for example, resembling her commanding beauty.

Adjective

Cleopatran

  1. Of or pertaining to Cleopatra or her government or reign; for example, resembling her commanding beauty.
    • Cleopatran coins
    • One of the most perfect touches of characteristic individuality in all that Cleopatra utters, is that little question;—"What says the married woman?" when asking Antony of his wife Fulvia. It is a fine piece of pungent insolence—exquisitely Cleopatran.1868, Mary Cowden Clarke, World-noted women: or, Types of womanly attributes, page 84

Examples of Cleopatran in a sentence

  • Her face was the same lovely exotic intelligent slim Cleopatran face, but her body seemed scaled to a head twice the size of the one she had.2000, The Best American Magazine Writing 2000, →ISBN, page 147:
  • The crescent-shaped jaw typically supported a smile that was Cleopatran in its allure.2009, Dave Russell, Raritan Female Institute, page 90:
  • She is called Essie Fairway, a crow-faced woman with black Cleopatran hair.2012, Linda MacDonald, A Meeting of a Different Kind, →ISBN, page 265:

Origin of Cleopatran

From Cleopatra + -an.

Questions about Cleopatran

What does Cleopatran mean?
Cleopatran means of or pertaining to Cleopatra or her government or reign; for example, resembling her commanding beauty.
How do you use Cleopatran in a sentence?
Her face was the same lovely exotic intelligent slim Cleopatran face, but her body seemed scaled to a head twice the size of the one she had.
What part of speech is Cleopatran?
Cleopatran is an adjective.

Words near Cleopatran in the dictionary

  1. Cleopatra mandarin
  2. Cleopatra mandarins
  3. Cleopatra wig
  4. Cleopatra wigs
  5. Cleopatraesque
  6. Cleopatran
  7. cleopatras
  8. Cleora
  9. clep
  10. clepe
  11. cleped

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