Meanings
adjectivePegasean (comparative more Pegasean, superlative most Pegasean)
comparative more Pegasean · superlative most Pegasean · alternative uncommon Pegasian
- Greekhuman sciencesOf or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
Deſcend from Heav'n Urania, by that name / If rightly thou art call'd, whoſe Voice divine / Following, above th' Olympian Hill I ſoare, / Above the flight of Pegaſean wing.
1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1–4 - figurativelyOf or pertaining to poetry.
Origin
From Classical Latin Pēgaseus + -an.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian pegaseo
- pegaseoof or pertaining to Pegasus
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Pegasean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pegasean
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