Cleopatran

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Cleopatra or her government or reign; for example, resembling her commanding beauty.

“Cleopatran coins”

Scrabble 14

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adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to Cleopatra or her government or reign; for example, resembling her commanding beauty.

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    One of the most perfect touches of characteristic individuality in all that Cleopatra utters, is that little question;—"What says the married woman?" when asking Antony of his wife Fulvia. It is a fine piece of pungent insolence—exquisitely Cleopatran.

    1868, Mary Cowden Clarke, World-noted women: or, Types of womanly attributes, page 84

    Her face was the same lovely exotic intelligent slim Cleopatran face, but her body seemed scaled to a head twice the size of the one she had. She was a big girl. Her arms were round and thick. Her mannerisms were a big girl's mannerisms.

    2000, The Best American Magazine Writing 2000, →ISBN, page 147

    The crescent-shaped jaw typically supported a smile that was Cleopatran in its allure. The twinkling gleam in the blue eyes was playful, almost boyish, but the well rounded chest, board flat stomach and tight bottom were anything but.

    2009, Dave Russell, Raritan Female Institute, page 90

    She is called Essie Fairway, a crow-faced woman with black Cleopatran hair. Edward perceived hostility when they were introduced; […]

    2012, Linda MacDonald, A Meeting of a Different Kind, →ISBN, page 265

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APA

Cleopatran. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cleopatran

MLA

“Cleopatran.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cleopatran. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cleopatran,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cleopatran.

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