Vatinian

English

Etymology

From Latin Vatinianus (in odium Vatinium, in Catullus), from personal name Vatīnius, reportedly the name of a Roman who was universally hated.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vəˈtɪnɪən/

Adjective

Vatinian (comparative more Vatinian, superlative most Vatinian)

1. Of hatred: extremely strong, bitter, intense.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , New York Review of Books, 2001, pp.62-3:

     they that erst were willing to do all mutual offices of love and kindness, now revile and persecute one another to death, with more than Vatinian hatred, and will not be reconciled.