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Pharsalia, n. rare.|fɑːˈseɪlɪə|
[The name of the region round about Pharsalus in Thessaly, and hence of the battle fought there in 48 b.c., in which Pompey was defeated by Julius Caesar. Cf. *Pharsalian a.]
Used allusively: a resounding defeat; a monumental failure.
1807Southey Lett. from Eng. III. lxxi. 304 To have only the second-best, is to be Pompey in the Pharsalia of Fashion. 1936G. B. Shaw Millionairess Pref. 112 Pharsalias and Dunbars and Waterloos are things of the past. |