Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Dantesque . - noun A student of Dante.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to Dante Alighieri (1265?-1321), a
celebrated Florentine poet of theMiddle Ages , or his writings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings
Etymologies
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Examples
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Charlie Brown called it decades ago: post-modern life has a way of quickly converting good tidings and joy into debilitating stress, a tad too much togetherness, and feral consumerism that invariably leads to the Dantean experience of endlessly circling jam-packed mall parking lots.
PHOTOS: Keep Calm, Carry On: 12 Spots To De-Stress In LA 2010
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We were astride the caldera rim, 2911 meters above the sea, 200 meters above a Dantean crater we couldn't see.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 1 Richard Bangs 2010
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Charlie Brown called it decades ago: post-modern life has a way of quickly converting good tidings and joy into debilitating stress, a tad too much togetherness, and feral consumerism that invariably leads to the Dantean experience of endlessly circling jam-packed mall parking lots.
PHOTOS: Keep Calm, Carry On: 12 Spots To De-Stress In LA 2010
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We were astride the caldera rim, 2911 meters above the sea, 200 meters above a Dantean crater we couldn't see.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 1 Richard Bangs 2010
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Though if you want to go all Dantean, there ARE spots in hell that are hot and others that are cold!
Contronyms mj 2009
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If i'm right in supposing that the gods gave us language, as a special gift - then one's attitude, when writing, should be 'this i do for the greater glory of god' - and this for the jeu d'esprit, for Wodehouse-like buffoonery, as much as for Dantean penetration.
Careers in criticism 2009
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It is nothing but an Dantean existential nightmare.
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Certainly the poem `Hell' from Dikter 1916 concerns this Dantean vision of the sanatorium.
Edith Södergran: a biographical profile - 4 David McDuff 2009
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Douglas Dunn employs terza rima, the Dantean innovation, to hold the formal mastery and the still raw emotion in suspension, and ends his summons with a dawning exclamation.
Great Regulars: But the wind is felt in the present; Rus Bowden 2009
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Douglas Dunn employs terza rima, the Dantean innovation, to hold the formal mastery and the still raw emotion in suspension, and ends his summons with a dawning exclamation.
Archive 2009-12-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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