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Definition of classical

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Classical (n.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds..

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Johnsonese :: "Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words..

Classicalism :: Classicalism (n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

Classicism :: Classicism (n.) A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

Text-book :: Text-book (n.) A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook..

Base :: Base (a.) Not classical or correct.

Romantic :: Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets..

Classicalism :: Classicalism (n.) A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism..

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

Academical :: Academical (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific..

Renaissance :: Renaissance (n.) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries..

Humanity :: Humanity (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

Scotia :: Scotia (n.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.

Classically :: Classically (adv.) In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

Aegicrania :: Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls..

Order :: Order (n.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing..

Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century..

Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..

Classically :: Classically (adv.) In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

Hades :: Hades (n.) The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave..