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Lucretian, a. (n.)|l(j)uːˈkriːʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. Lucrēti-us, the name of a Latin poet and Epicurean philosopher + -an.]
Pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling Lucretius or his philosophy.
1712Blackmore Creation 113 Say, did you e'er reflect, Lucretian tribe? 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 652 The Lucretian comfort is none to me. 1900Speaker 1 Sept. 602 The Lucretian philosophy. 1902Q. Rev. Oct. 500 (Giordano Bruno in England), Part of his Lucretian poem, ‘De Immenso’, must have been written here.
b. quasi-n. (The adj. used absol.) A follower of Lucretius, an adherent of his philosophy.
1881S. Wainwright Sci. Sophisms i. (1883) 31 It is the ideal Lucretian himself who is the speaker. |