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gladiatorial, a.|ˌglædɪəˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. L. gladiātōri-us (f. gladiātor) + -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to gladiators.
1751–67Jortin Eccl. Hist. II. 290 He [Constantine] made a law against Gladiatorial shews, which however continued till Honorius put an end to that wicked diversion, a.d. 403. 1773W. Melmoth Cato (1820) 140 ‘You were disappointed’, said he, ‘of being present at the gladiatorial combats in Rome’. 1811Byron Hints fr. Hor. 273 The gladiatorial gore we teach to flow In tragic scene disgusts. 1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 279 The games of the circus, the incidents of gladiatorial life. 1875Poste Gaius iii. Comm. (ed. 2) 422 The first gladiatorial show at Rome was exhibited B.C. 264. 1890G. A. Smith Isaiah II. xii. 202 We do not vivisect our murderers nor kill them off by gladiatorial combats.
2. fig. Of debate or controversy which is merely contentious.
1813A. Bruce Life A. Morus vi. 148 This contentious and gladiatorial manner of speaking. 1851Robertson Serm. Ser. iv. (1863) I. Introd. 6 They spent their days in tournaments of speeches, and exulted in gladiatorial oratory. 1886Earl Selborne Def. Ch. Eng. iii. xvii. 294, I have dealt with the more substantial accusations brought against the Church of England. The rest are gladiatorial. |