Pierian

English

Etymology

Latin Pierius, from Mount Pierus in Thessaly, sacred to the Muses.

Adjective

Pierian (comparative more Pierian, superlative most Pierian)

  1. Of or relating to Pierides or Muses.
    • 1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism:
      Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Pierian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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