Pierian Spring

Pierian Spring is the alternative letter-case form of Pierian spring.

Noun capitalized: Pierian spring

Pierian spring (plural Pierian springs)

(idiomatic, literary) The source of knowledge, inspiration, or learning.
- A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;
  Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC
- At school I enjoyed the inestimable advantage of a very sensible, though at the same time, a very severe master. […] [H]e showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image, unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. […]...1817, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Motives of the Present Work—Reception of the Author’s First Publication—The Discipline of His Taste at School—The Effect of Contemporary Writers on Youthful...

From the spring of the Muses in Greek mythology.

What does Pierian Spring mean?: Pierian Spring means the source of knowledge, inspiration, or learning.
What is Pierian Spring the alternative letter-case form of?: Pierian Spring is the alternative letter-case form of Pierian spring.
What part of speech is Pierian Spring?: Pierian Spring is a noun.
What is the plural of Pierian Spring?: The plural of Pierian Spring is Pierian Springs.

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