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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Daphne .
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Examples
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The Daphnean instinct, exceptionally strong in her as a girl, had been revived by her widowed seclusion; and it was not lessened by her affronted sentiments towards the comer, and her regard for another man.
The Woodlanders 2006
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Daphnean laurel -- is the plant consecrated to his calling.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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The Daphnean instinct, exceptionally strong in her as a girl, had been revived by her widowed seclusion; and it was not lessened by her affronted sentiments towards the comer, and her regard for another man.
The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy 1884
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