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Phœbean, a.|fiːˈbiːən| Also 7 -ian. [f. L. Phœbēus, a. Gr. ϕοίβειος adj., f. ϕοῖβος Phœbus + -an.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Phœbus or Apollo as the god of poetry.
a1621B. Jonson Leges Convivales Wks. (Rtldg.) 727/2 'Tis the true Phœbian liquor, Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker. 1632Shirley Changes Prol., Able to distinguish straines that are Cleare, and Phebean, from the popular. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets Ser. i. ii. (1877) 43 His long Phœbean locks. |