Definition of Golias

1. to behave irreverently [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golias

golfings
golflike
golfs
golfspeak
golfwise
golgi cell
golgin
golgins
golgiokinesis
golgothas
goliard
goliardery
goliardic
goliards
goliardy
golias (current term)
goliased
goliases
goliasing
goliath
goliath beetle
goliath frog
goliaths
golimumab
goll
gollan
golland
gollands
gollans
gollar

Literary usage of Golias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"Here then we have expressed the mind of the golias poetry. Of the Bishop himself there is a revelation in " The Confession ..."

2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"This poem is part of a long satirical one, "The Confession of golias."] I DEVISE to end my days in a tavern drinking; May some Christian hold for me the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"golias. Goliath, the giant of Gath, who fought for the Philistines against Israel, and was slain by David with a stone from his sling (l Sam. xvii) ..."

4. Wine, Women and Song: Mediaeval Latin Students' Songs Now First Translated by John Addington Symonds (1907)
"THE CONFESSION OF golias No. 5 BOILING in my spirit's veins With fierce indignation, From my bitterness of soul Springs self-revelation: Framed am I of ..."

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