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Meliboean

Meliboean adjective: alternately responsive.

Adjective (1)

Meliboean (not comparable)

  1. alternately responsive

Adjective (2)

Meliboean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the ancient town and polis of Meliboea in ancient Thessaly.

Noun

Meliboean (plural Meliboeans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Meliboea.

Forms of Meliboean

Adjective
alternative formMelibean
Noun
pluralMeliboeans

Origin of Meliboean

From the name of a shepherd in Virgil's first eclogue.

Questions about Meliboean

What does Meliboean mean?
Meliboean means alternately responsive.
What part of speech is Meliboean?
Meliboean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Meliboean in the dictionary

  1. melibionic
  2. melibionic acid
  3. melibiose
  4. melibioses
  5. melibiulose
  6. Meliboean
  7. Meliboeans
  8. melic
  9. Melicarthus
  10. Melicent
  11. meliceric

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