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Definition of Apian
1. Adjective. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
Definition of Apian
1. a. Belonging to bees.
Definition of Apian
1. Adjective. Relating to bees; beely. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apian
1. pertaining to bees [adj] - See also: bees
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apian
Literary usage of Apian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"SAINT apian. M. CALLED by the Greeks and Latins ... Then apian, without having
communicated his design to any person, " not even to us," says the historian ..."
2. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt (1817)
"The convention having adopted apian for the encouragement of arts and manufactures
in this colony, and re- appointed their former deputies to the ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of Books, in the Library of John Holmes, F.S.A. by John Holmes (1828)
"Peter apian, was born in 1495, was Professor of Mathematics, in the city of
Ingoldstadt, in 1524, and died there in 1552. ..."
4. The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful (1843)
"The work also mentions the fact of the tails of comets being always turned from
the sun, and it was generally believed that apian was the first to notice ..."
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