Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or characteristic of Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106–43 b. c., often called Tully), the Roman orator, or his orations and writings.
  • noun A student or an imitator of Cicero.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.

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  • adjective Of, or relating to Marcus Tullius Cicero, or the ideas in his philosophical treatises.
  • adjective rhetoric Eloquent, resembling Cicero's style
  • adjective rhetoric With effusive use of antithesis and long sentences.

Etymologies

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From Latin Cicerōniānus.

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