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Vergilian

Vergilian is the alternative form of Virgilian.

Meaning of Virgilian

Adjective

Virgilian (comparative more Virgilian, superlative most Virgilian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Virgil (Roman writer)
    • This Virgilian diversion, together with the spectral thoughts incident to All Hallows’ Eve with its Witch-Sabbaths on the hills, produced in me last Monday night a Roman dream of such supernal clearness and vividness, and such titanic adumbrations of hidden horror, that I verily believe I shall...1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Very Old Folk

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Forms of Vergilian

comparativemore Vergilian
superlativemost Vergilian

Origin of Vergilian

From Vergil + -ian.

Questions about Vergilian

What is Vergilian the alternative form of?
Vergilian is the alternative form of Virgilian.

Words near Vergilian in the dictionary

  1. vergeth
  2. vergette
  3. vergettes
  4. vergiform
  5. Vergil
  6. Vergilian
  7. Vergilianism
  8. Vergina
  9. Vergina star
  10. Vergina stars
  11. Vergina sun

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vergilian (page history and authors); Virgilian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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