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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the Roman poet Juvenal or to his (satirical) works or style.

   "The satire here is more heavy-handed and the tone more Juvenalian than in any passage in the first volume."

Example

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"The satire here is more heavy-handed and the tone more Juvenalian than in any passage in the first volume."

Etymology

From Juvenal + -ian.

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