Hyblaean
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Hybléen, via Latin hyblaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑβλαῖος (hublaîos, “Hyblaean”).
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Hyblaean (comparative more Hyblaean, superlative most Hyblaean)
- Of or pertaining to the Hyblaean Mountains.
- (historical) Of or pertaining to Hybla, three ancient cities of Sicily, famous for their bees and honey.
- (poetic, obsolete) Honeyed.
- 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts, Night II:
- The wise extract earth's most Hyblean bliss,
- Superior wisdom, crown'd with smiling joy.
- 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts, Night II:
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Hyblaean (countable and uncountable, plural Hyblaeans)
- (countable) An inhabitant of the Hyblaean area, South-eastern Sicily, or a person from that ancestry.
- (uncountable, cooking) A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with the same area or Hyblaean people. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Hyblaean
- The dialects of Sicily spoken in the Hyblaean Mountains.