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Zoilean

Zoilean adjective: resembling Zoilus or Zoilos (c. 400 BCE–320 BCE), Ancient Greek grammarian notorious for unfairly harsh criticism.

Adjective

Zoilean (comparative more Zoilean, superlative most Zoilean)

  1. (archaic) Resembling Zoilus or Zoilos (c. 400 BCE–320 BCE), Ancient Greek grammarian notorious for unfairly harsh criticism.

Forms of Zoilean

comparativemore Zoilean
superlativemost Zoilean

Origin of Zoilean

From Zoilus + -ean.

Questions about Zoilean

What does Zoilean mean?
Zoilean means resembling Zoilus or Zoilos (c. 400 BCE–320 BCE), Ancient Greek grammarian notorious for unfairly harsh criticism.
What part of speech is Zoilean?
Zoilean is an adjective.

Words near Zoilean in the dictionary

  1. zoidogamy
  2. zoids
  3. Zoie
  4. Zoigl
  5. zoiks
  6. Zoilean
  7. zoili
  8. Zoilism
  9. Zoilist
  10. Zoilists
  11. zoilus

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