Definition of Demosthenic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Demosthenes or his oratory.

Partainyms: Demosthenes
Derivative terms: Demosthenes

Definition of Demosthenic

1. a. Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

Definition of Demosthenic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of Demosthenes, a celebrated Athenian orator and partion (384-322, B. C.), especially famous for his "Phillippics," or orations delivered against the encroachments of Philip, king of Macedon. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Demosthenic

Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Democrats
Democritean
Democritus
Demodex
Demodex bovis
Demodex canis
Demodex cati
Demodex folliculorum
Demogorgon
Demoivre's formula
Demoncrat
Demoncrats
Demosthenes
Demosthenian
Demosthenic (current term)
Demotic Greek
Dempsey
Demulen
Den
Den Haag
Dena'ina
Dena'inas
Denali
Denali Fault
Denali National Park
Denbighshire
Dench
Dendranthema
Dendranthema grandifloruom

Literary usage of Demosthenic

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1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Demosthenic. Pertaining to or like Demosthenes, of exalted eloquence or patriotism. .... Demosthenic ..."

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