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Definition of Aurorean

1. Adjective. Characteristic of the dawn. "A dim auroral glow"

Definition of Aurorean

1. aurora [adj] - See also: aurora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aurorean

Literary usage of Aurorean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... And ready still past kisses to outnumber At tender eye-dawn of aurorean love: The winged boy I knew; But who wast thou, O happy, happy dove ? ..."

2. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1908)
"As if disjoined by soft-handed slumber, And ready still past kisses to outnumber At tender eye-dawn of aurorean love: The winged boy I knew; ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... usual than "eastern"), eoan (rare), auroral or aurorean (literary), orient or oriental (rare, exc. as capitalized and spec., of the Levant), easterly. ..."

4. The English Language by Logan Pearsall Smith (1912)
"It is true that of the many old words he revived, few or none have become popular, and some of his own inventions, like aurorean and ..."

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