- melibean
- a.; (also meliboean)
[In rhet. and poetry.] Alternate, alternating, alternately responsive.
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Melibean — Mel i*be an, Meliban Mel i*b? an, a. [From L. Meliboeus, one of the interlocutors in Virgil s first Eclogue.] (Rhet.) Alternately responsive, as verses. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Meliban — Melibean Mel i*be an, Meliban Mel i*b? an, a. [From L. Meliboeus, one of the interlocutors in Virgil s first Eclogue.] (Rhet.) Alternately responsive, as verses. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poetry — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Poetry >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 poetry poetry poetics poesy Muse Calliope tuneful Nine Parnassus Helicon Pierides Pierian spring GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 versification versifica … English dictionary for students
meliboean — a. See melibean … New dictionary of synonyms
