catonic

Definitions

Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, Cato the Censor, a type of old-fashioned, prejudiced, pragmatical, ungracious, hard Roman virtue.
Of or pertaining to Cato of Utica, a type of stubborn but impractical virtue.
In the style of a medieval book of apothegms which goes by the name of Cato or Caton.

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They had to bring out a map too show her places of conflict, she would almost go into a catonic state before interviews AND debates.

Think Progress » Palin says her favorite founding father is ‘all of them.’ 2010
When it occurred to her, as she was pulling things out of the glove compartment, that there was a catonic person behind her, it made all of her activited all the mor thrilling.

jfloydking Diary Entry jfloydking 2009
When it occurred to her, as she was pulling things out of the glove compartment, that there was a catonic person behind her, it made all of her activited all the mor thrilling.

jfloydking Diary Entry jfloydking 2009
Reagan preached some kind of b-actor hot-air theory that led to bush’s non-sensical embarrassment “Axis of Evil,” and each time that Reagan is cited the brain-dead right-wing is awakened from their catonic stupor and rearmed with the words of their Messiah.

Mullah Omar Calls for a Taliban Surge - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009