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Definition of Omar khayyam
1. Noun. Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Omar Khayyam
Literary usage of Omar khayyam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"Asquith on the "Philosophical Spirit of Omar," given at n dinner of the Omar
Khayyam Club of London, ls:iS. — Book of Omar and Rubaiyat: being a book of ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1876)
"0 and 1125 (the exact dates are not accurately known) there lived in Persia one
omar khayyam, Khayyam being his ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"omar khayyam 1050 (?)-!! 23 (?) BY NATHAN HASKELL DOLE A reed-grown marshy plain
at the foot of the Elbruz Mountains stands an ancient city of Khorassan. ..."
4. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low (1901)
"omar khayyam—Stanzas. Trans, from Persian by John Leslie Garner. ... 99 Omar
Khayyam, Side Lights on Fitzgerald's, Allan Concordance, Tutin, 8s. ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1888)
"omar khayyam. EDWARD FITZGERALD'S version of the Rubaiyat of omar khayyam has
won its way slowly but surely to such high favour, that it may well seem ..."
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