Ciceronian
/ˌsɪsəˈrəʊnɪən
/adjective
1Characteristic of the work and thought of Cicero: Ciceronian insight...
- Tertullian and Augustine transformed the inheritance of Ciceronian rhetoric into an art of preaching.
- He is also, in Ciceronian terms, a pretend friend.
- Camden's aims, and those of his imitators, were not influenced by the Ciceronian model of rhetorical history.
1.1(Of speech or writing) in an eloquent and rhythmic style similar to that of Cicero: he was composing a Ciceronian memo...
- For work purposes (don't ask, long story), I have been reading random excerpts of Ciceronian speeches in the Latin (yes, * showoff * I can barely read some Latin) and English.
- The speech and its Ciceronian conclusion are delivered completely without sentimentality.
- On 21 January 1712, as was the custom, he gave his inaugural lecture - in very elegant Latin and a style truly Ciceronian.
Rhymes
- prisoner's dilemma
- prisoner's friend
- prisonership
- prisoners-of-war camp
- prison fever
- prison-free
- prisonful
- prison gate
- prison-gray
- prison-grey
- prison haircut
- prison hole
- prison-house
- prison industry
- prisonise
- prisonised
- prison island
- prison isle
- prisonization
- prisonize
- prisonized
- prison keeper
- prison mate
- prison matron
- prison officer