Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or belonging to Pieria, or the Pierides or Muses.
- [lowercase] In entomology, same as
pieridine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.
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Examples
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And while “ignorance is bliss” (with regards to slander the point being raised to dismiss it) one must “drink deep, or taste not at all of the pierian spring” (with regards to fiduciary duties but I recall thinking how apropos to employment law, only seen it the one time but it fit well with “ignorance isbliss”).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Classical or Biblical Allusions: 2007
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