6 October 2017

Boeotian

[bee-oh-shuh n]

adjective

1. of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants.
2. dull; obtuse; without cultural refinement.
noun
3. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia.
4. a dull, obtuse person; Philistine.

Origin of Boeotian

1590-1600 First recorded in 1590-1600; Boeoti(a) + -an
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Examples from the Web for Boeotian Expand

Historical Examples

Very true, said Cebes, laughing gently and speaking in his native Boeotian.
Phaedo
Plato

This was a certain Apollonides there present, who spoke in the Boeotian dialect.
Anabasis
Xenophon

This does no more prove that Hector was a Boeotian than that he was an Athenian.
The World of Homer
Andrew Lang

Anagram

atone obi
an oboe tin

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