Plutarchian

Plutarchian
/plooh tahr"kee euhn/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the biographer Plutarch.
2. characteristic of or resembling a biography by Plutarch or its subject: a life worthy of Plutarchian description; a deed of Plutarchian splendor.
[1855-60; PLUTARCH + -IAN]

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