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DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS

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DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS (noun)
  The noun DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS has 1 sense:

1. Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)play

  Familiarity information: DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Decimus Junius Juvenalis; Juvenal

Instance hypernyms:

ironist; ridiculer; satirist (a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm)


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