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sylvestrian

sylvestrian adjective: sylvan; woody or woodlike.

Adjective

sylvestrian (comparative more sylvestrian, superlative most sylvestrian)

  1. sylvan; woody or woodlike
    • With roses interwoven, poplar wreaths,
      Their temples bind, dress of sylvestrian gods!1708, John Gay, Wine

Forms of sylvestrian

comparativemore sylvestrian
superlativemost sylvestrian

Origin of sylvestrian

Latin sylvestris, better silvestris.

Questions about sylvestrian

What does sylvestrian mean?
Sylvestrian means sylvan; woody or woodlike.
What part of speech is sylvestrian?
Sylvestrian is an adjective.

Words near sylvestrian in the dictionary

  1. Sylvester's criterion
  2. Sylvester's formula
  3. Sylvester-Gallai theorem
  4. sylvesters
  5. sylvestrene
  6. sylvestrian
  7. Sylvestrine
  8. Sylvestrines
  9. Sylvia
  10. Sylvia Plath effect
  11. sylvian

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