Pegasean
adjEtymology From Classical Latin Pēgaseus + -an.
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Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Sciences Greek Of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
- Deſcend from Heav'n Urania, by that name / If rightly thou art call'd, whoſe Voice divine / Following, above th' Olympian Hill I ſoare, / Above the flight of Pegaſean wing.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1–4:
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Figuratively Of or pertaining to poetry.