Vergilian

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A form of Virgilian — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Virgil (Roman writer).

OriginLatin Vergiliānus →
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Meanings

adjectiveVergilian (comparative more Vergilian, superlative most Vergilian)

comparative more Vergilian · superlative most Vergilian

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Virgilian.

    Spenser has an intimate feel for Vergilian intratextuality, the mirrorings and repetitions that create patterns of likeness and difference, reaching over the whole text and linking images, motifs, and persons.

    2010, Joseph Farrell, Michael C. J. Putnam, A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition, page 183

Origin

  1. LatinVergiliānus
  2. EnglishVergilian

From Latin Vergiliānus. By surface analysis, Vergil + -ian.

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Anagrams

Levirgianvirginale
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APA

Vergilian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vergilian

MLA

“Vergilian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vergilian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vergilian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vergilian.

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