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Thersitean

Thersitean adjective: of or relating to Thersites, a Greek soldier during the Trojan War who was punished for his outspoken criticism of Agamemnon.

Adjective

Thersitean (comparative more Thersitean, superlative most Thersitean)

  1. (Greek) Of or relating to Thersites, a Greek soldier during the Trojan War who was punished for his outspoken criticism of Agamemnon.
    • It is instructive to compare the Thersitean critique of communal identity with the narratives of an emergent English nationalism.2005, Simon Barker, Shakespeare's Problem Plays

Forms of Thersitean

comparativemore Thersitean
superlativemost Thersitean

Questions about Thersitean

What does Thersitean mean?
Thersitean means of or relating to Thersites, a Greek soldier during the Trojan War who was punished for his outspoken criticism of Agamemnon.
What part of speech is Thersitean?
Thersitean is an adjective.

Words near Thersitean in the dictionary

  1. Therrien
  2. Therriens
  3. thers
  4. Thersander
  5. thersite
  6. Thersitean
  7. thersites
  8. thersitical
  9. thesaural
  10. thesaurer
  11. thesaurers

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