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Pegasean

Pegasean adjective: of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.

Adjective

Pegasean (comparative more Pegasean, superlative most Pegasean)

  1. (Greek) Of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
    • Deſcend from Heav'n Urania, by that name / If rightly thou art call'd, whoſe Voice divine / Following, above th' Olympian Hill I ſoare, / Above the flight of Pegaſean wing.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (figuratively) Of or pertaining to poetry.

Forms of Pegasean

comparativemore Pegasean
superlativemost Pegasean
alternative uncommonPegasian

Origin of Pegasean

From Classical Latin Pēgaseus + -an.

Questions about Pegasean

What does Pegasean mean?
Pegasean means of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
What part of speech is Pegasean?
Pegasean is an adjective.

Words near Pegasean in the dictionary

  1. peganine
  2. peganism
  3. pegans
  4. pegaptanib
  5. Pegarah
  6. Pegasean
  7. pegasi
  8. Pegasian
  9. Pegasians
  10. pegasid
  11. pegasids

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