Definition of Dantean

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.

Exact synonyms: Dantesque
Partainyms: Dante, Dante
Derivative terms: Dante

Definition of Dantean

1. a. Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.

Definition of Dantean

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Dante Alighieri (1265?-1321), a celebrated Florentine poet of the Middle Ages, or his writings. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dantean

Danish pastry
Danishness
Danite
Danites
Danmark
Dannebrog
Dannie
Danno
Danny
Dano-Norwegian
Dansker
Danskers
Dante
Dante Alighieri
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dantean
Dantesque
Danton
Danton True Young
Danu
Danube
Danube River
Danube bleak
Danube salmon
Danubian
Danubian endemic familial nephropathy
Danubians
Danysz
Danysz phenomenon
Danzig

Literary usage of Dantean

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

1. Last Words on Great Issues by John Beattie Crozier (1917)
"(3) SOME dantean NEW YEAR'S POLITICAL WARNINGS [To the Editor of the Spectator} SIR,—As a constant reader of the Spectator for nearly forty years, ..."

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