tauromachian
English
editEtymology
editSee tauromachy.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittauromachian (not comparable)
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to bullfighting.
- 1968, Pierre Leveque, The Greek Adventure, page 33:
- The bull was also a sacred animal, hence the innumerable tauromachian representations on large frescoes or in the minor arts […]
Noun
edittauromachian (plural tauromachians)
- (archaic) A bullfighter.
References
edit- “tauromachian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “tauromachian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.