Mezentian
/mɪˈzɛnʃ(ə)n/adjective
Characteristic of Mezentius (specifically with reference to a cruel or fatal union).
- In Virgil Aeneid 8.485–8 the story is told of how Mezentius caused living people to be bound face to face with corpses and left to die..
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas James Mathias (?1754–1835), satirist and Italian scholar. From the name of Mezentius, a mythical Etruscan chieftain renowned for his acts of tyranny + -an; compare -ian.
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- a pair of bellows
- a pair of binoculars
- a pair of compasses
- a pair of forceps
- a pair of hedge clippers
- a pair of pincers
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