Plutarchian

[ ploo-tahr-kee-uh n ]
/ pluˈtɑr ki ən /

adjective

of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
characteristic of or resembling a biography by Plutarch or its subject: a life worthy of Plutarchian description; a deed of Plutarchian splendor.

Origin of Plutarchian

First recorded in 1855–60; Plutarch + -ian

Example sentences from the Web for plutarchian

  • In the Plutarchian method there was ever a snare, and I have come near treading in it.

    Since Czanne |Clive Bell