myrmidonian
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɜː(ɹ)mɪˈdəʊniən/
Adjective
myrmidonian (comparative more myrmidonian, superlative most myrmidonian)
- Consisting of, or like, myrmidons.
- 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book 16”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
- Like furious rush'd the Myrmidonian crew
References
- “myrmidonian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.