Ciceronian
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A person who copies or admires Cicero's speech and writing style
- noun
- /ˌsɪsəˈroʊniən/
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ciceroniano
- His admiration for Cicero is evident, as he often refers to himself as a Ciceronian writer.
Examples
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I, I don't think as a Ciceronian eclectic school, although the two of us could start one, I mean, why not?
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As a result, his reader is able to give such terms a Platonic, Aristotelian, or even a Ciceronian cast.
Academic text (1999) -
Its employment has produced a misidentification of the theory of the sublime as a subspecies of Ciceronian or artist-oriented rhetoric.
Academic text (1992) -
Many students in the writing course admire their professor's Ciceronian eloquence during lectures.
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As a devoted Ciceronian, she often quotes Cicero to emphasize her points in debates.
How Devoted
Surface Forms
Ciceronian singular
Ciceroanians plural
Morphology
Etymology
Ciceronian comes from the name Cicero, a well-known Roman speaker and writer, so a 'Ciceronian' is a person who admires or copies his ideas or speaking style.