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Lysistratan

Lysistratan adjective: of or relating to Lysistrata; achieving a political goal by denying sex to one's partner, or similar.

Adjective

Lysistratan (comparative more Lysistratan, superlative most Lysistratan)

  1. Of or relating to Lysistrata; achieving a political goal by denying sex to one's partner, or similar.
    • The public and private outcry when Clement tried to outlaw prostitution or banish its practitioners must have reached the very ears of the ascetic pope himself and persuaded him it was entirely impractical: if he needed workmen, they needed women or he would have an outright war of Lysistratan...2004, Patrick Hunt, Caravaggio, Haus Publishing, →ISBN, page 14

Forms of Lysistratan

comparativemore Lysistratan
superlativemost Lysistratan

Origin of Lysistratan

From Lysistrata + -an.

Questions about Lysistratan

What does Lysistratan mean?
Lysistratan means of or relating to Lysistrata; achieving a political goal by denying sex to one's partner, or similar.
What part of speech is Lysistratan?
Lysistratan is an adjective.

Words near Lysistratan in the dictionary

  1. lysiosquilloid
  2. lysiosquilloids
  3. lysis
  4. lysised
  5. Lysistrata
  6. Lysistratan
  7. Lysistratas
  8. Lysithea
  9. Lysithean
  10. Lysivka
  11. Lysivtsi

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