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DANTEAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dantean mean?
• DANTEAN (adjective)
The adjective DANTEAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings
Familiarity information: DANTEAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Dantean; Dantesque
Pertainym:
Dante (an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321))
Derivation:
Dante (an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321))
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