单词 | herculanean |
释义 | † Herculaneanadj.1 Obsolete. rare. = Herculean adj.; in quot. 1604, humorously, ‘very strong’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly mightyeOE strongeOE virtuous1340 rich?c1450 prevalent?a1475 energical1565 powerful?1567 powerable1580 magnipotent1599 virulent1599 validous1603 Herculanean1604 multipotent1609 energetical1610 prevailent1623 energetic1642 valid1656 energic1663 drastic1808 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore ii. i. 82 Her's most herculanian Tobacco. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). Herculaneanadj.2 Of or pertaining to Herculaneum, a town in Campania, which was buried with Pompeii in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a.d., and has in modern times been partly excavated. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Italy > ancient cities or towns Venusian1616 Pompeian1662 Cumaean1731 Herculanean1780 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 398 Models of Herculanean pots and pans. 1819 W. Wordsworth September 1819, ix O ye, who patiently explore The wreck of Herculanean lore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.11604adj.21780 |
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