apian
/ˈeɪpɪən
/adjective
Relating to bees: purple flowers are the most attractive to the apian mind...
- Critics borrowed the apian metaphor from Seneca's eighty-fourth letter to Lucilius, ‘On Gathering Ideas.’
- My bees were living in the very best apian luxury and they refused to come out of the hive to pollinate the flowers in my garden and make honey.
- Jones also fills the text with knowledgeable references to bee-keeping and the apian colony as utopian ideal.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin apianus, from apis 'bee'.
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