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A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus.
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In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.
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A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
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Alt. of Classical
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A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.
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Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
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One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.
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A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
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A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
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A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
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Alt. of Classicalness
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The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.
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The quality of being classical.
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A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.
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One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.
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A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.
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The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
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One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.
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Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.
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Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.
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