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Merlinic

Merlinic adjective: pertaining to the legendary wizard Merlin, especially the tradition of medieval prophecies attributed to him.

Adjective

Merlinic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the legendary wizard Merlin, especially the tradition of medieval prophecies attributed to him.
    • Flatterers were indeed beginning to wonder whether Edward I was not a new Arthur in the mould of Merlinic prophecies.2000, R. R. Davies, The First English Empire: Power and Identities in the British Isles, 1093–1343, →ISBN, page 32

Origin of Merlinic

From Merlin + -ic.

Questions about Merlinic

What does Merlinic mean?
Merlinic means pertaining to the legendary wizard Merlin, especially the tradition of medieval prophecies attributed to him.
What part of speech is Merlinic?
Merlinic is an adjective.

Words near Merlinic in the dictionary

  1. Merlin's grasses
  2. Merlinesque
  3. merling
  4. merlings
  5. Merlinian
  6. Merlinic
  7. Merlino
  8. merlinoite
  9. Merlinos
  10. merlins
  11. merlion

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