Vatinian

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UK/vəˈtɪnɪən/

adjective

Of hatred: extremely strong, bitter, intense.

OriginLatin Vatinianus →
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Meanings

adjectiveVatinian (comparative more Vatinian, superlative most Vatinian)

comparative more Vatinian · superlative most Vatinian

  1. Of hatred: extremely strong, bitter, intense.

    they that erst were willing to do all mutual offices of love and kindness, now revile and persecute one another to death, with more than Vatinian hatred, and will not be reconciled.

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 62

Origin

  1. LatinVatinianus
  2. EnglishVatinian

From Latin Vatinianus (in odium Vatinium, in Catullus), from personal name Vatīnius, reportedly the name of a Roman who was universally hated.

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Chicago

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