ciceronian
/sɪsəˈɹoʊnɪən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Eloquent, resembling Cicero’s style.
adj
With effusive use of antithesis and long sentences.
Example Sentences
- "'But why should I attempt to depict and describe in detail, and feature by feature, the beauty of the peerless Dulcinea, the burden being one worthy of other shoulders than mine, an enterprise wherein the pencils of Parrhasius, Timantes, and Apelles, and the graver of Lysippus ought to be employed, to paint it in pictures and carve it in marble and bronze, and Ciceronian and Demosthenian eloquence to sound its praises?' / 'What does Demosthenian mean, Senor Don Quixote?' said the duchess; 'it is a word I never heard in all my life.' / 'Demosthenian eloquence,' said Don Quixote, 'means the eloquence of Demosthenes, as Ciceronian means that of Cicero, who were the two most eloquent orators in the world.'"
- "One thing is observable in all the professed Ciceronians, namely, the using a multitude of words to express their meaning. This they learned from their master, since it cannot be denied that Cicero is rather verbose."
- "The fact that he scoffed at their so-called purity of style, declaring that any reputable Latin was standard and that matter was more important than form, brought him into conflict with the sect of Ciceronians."
Etymology
From the Latin Cicerōniānus.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɪsəˈɹoʊnɪən/
- British English: /sɪsəˈɹəʊnɪən/