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Juvenalian

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2019, Ronald Paulson, The Fictions of Satire, Johns Hopkins University Press, Open access edition, unnumbered page, At its most Juvenalian, it follows from Horace's Venusian ancestors, who guarded the Roman border against barbarians, as Horace does figuratively now.

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History

Etymology

From Juvenal + -ian.