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Demosthenean

Demosthenean is the alternative form of Demosthenian.

Meaning of Demosthenian

Adjective

Demosthenian (comparative more Demosthenian, superlative most Demosthenian)

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of Demosthenes; Demosthenic.
    • ‘But why should I attempt to depict and describe in detail, and feature by feature, the beauty of the peerless Dulcinea, the burden being one worthy of other shoulders than mine, an enterprise wherein the pencils of Parrhasius, Timantes, and Apelles, and the graver of Lysippus ought to be employed...1885, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “Of the Reply Don Quixote Gave His Censurer, with Other Incidents, Grave and Droll”, in John Ormsby, transl., The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha […]...

Forms of Demosthenean

comparativemore Demosthenean
superlativemost Demosthenean

Questions about Demosthenean

What is Demosthenean the alternative form of?
Demosthenean is the alternative form of Demosthenian.

Words near Demosthenean in the dictionary

  1. demoss
  2. demossed
  3. demosses
  4. demossing
  5. demosterol
  6. Demosthenean
  7. Demosthenes
  8. Demosthenian
  9. Demosthenic
  10. demostyle
  11. demotape

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