Meanings
partheniac1
alternative Partheniac
- of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter
- Ancient Greeknot comparableobsoletecommunicationsanapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac
- Ancient Greeknot comparableobsoletecommunicationsanapestic trimeter hypercatalectic
- Ancient Greeknot comparableobsoletecommunicationsanapestic tetrameter catalectic
plural partheniacs · alternative Partheniac
- Ancient Greekobsoletecommunicationsa line of partheniac meter
Partheniac2
alternative partheniac
- Ancient Greekalternativenot comparableobsoletecommunicationsAlternative form of partheniac.
plural Partheniacs · alternative partheniac
- Ancient GreekalternativeobsoletecommunicationsAlternative form of partheniac.
Origin
partheniac · adjective, noun
- Ancient Greekπαρθένος“maiden; virgin”
- Englishpartheniac
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.
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Full word history & related roots →Partheniac · adjective, noun
- Ancient Greekπαρθένος“maiden; virgin”
- EnglishPartheniac
From Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.
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