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partheniac

partheniac adjective: anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac.

Adjective (1)

partheniac (not comparable)

  1. (Ancient-Greek, Latin, obsolete) anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac
  2. (Ancient-Greek, Latin, obsolete) anapestic trimeter hypercatalectic
  3. (Ancient-Greek, Latin, obsolete) anapestic tetrameter catalectic

Noun (1)

partheniac (plural partheniacs)

  1. (Ancient-Greek, Latin, obsolete) a line of partheniac meter

Adjective (2) capitalized: Partheniac

Partheniac (not comparable)

  1. (Ancient-Greek, Latin, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of partheniac.

Noun (2) capitalized: Partheniac

Partheniac (plural Partheniacs)

  1. (Ancient-Greek, Latin, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of partheniac.

Forms of partheniac

Adjective
alternative formPartheniac
alternative formpartheniac
Noun
pluralpartheniacs
pluralPartheniacs

Origin of partheniac

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.

From Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.

Questions about partheniac

What does partheniac mean?
Partheniac means anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac.
What part of speech is partheniac?
Partheniac can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near partheniac in the dictionary

  1. parthemollin
  2. parthen-
  3. parthenaic
  4. partheneia
  5. Parthenia
  6. partheniac
  7. partheniacs
  8. partheniad
  9. partheniads
  10. Partheniae
  11. Parthenian

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