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Demosthenian

Demosthenian adjective: pertaining to or characteristic of Demosthenes; Demosthenic.

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 Demosthenian

comparativemore Demosthenian
superlativemost Demosthenian

Questions about Demosthenian

What does Demosthenian mean?
Demosthenian means pertaining to or characteristic of Demosthenes; Demosthenic.
What part of speech is Demosthenian?
Demosthenian is an adjective.

Words near Demosthenian in the dictionary

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

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