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Idean

Idean is the alternative form of Idaean.

Meaning of Idaean

Adjective

Idaean (comparative more Idaean, superlative most Idaean)

  1. Pertaining to Mount Ida, the name given to a mountain near ancient Troy, and to a mountain of Crete, sometimes held to be the birthplace of Zeus.
    • Where Ellen's hand had taught to twine / The ivy and Idaean vine […].1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 1.XXVI

Questions about Idean

What is Idean the alternative form of?
Idean is the alternative form of Idaean.

Words near Idean in the dictionary

  1. idealogues
  2. idealogy
  3. ideals
  4. ideamonger
  5. ideamongers
  6. Idean
  7. ideaphoria
  8. idear
  9. idears
  10. ideas
  11. ideas of reference

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Idean (page history and authors); Idaean (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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