myrmidonian

English

Etymology

myrmidon +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɜː(ɹ)mɪˈdəʊniən/

Adjective

myrmidonian (comparative more myrmidonian, superlative most myrmidonian)

1. Consisting of, or like, myrmidons.
   • 1715–1720, Homer, [Alexander] Pope, transl., “Book 16”, in The Iliad of Homer, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

     Like furious rush'd the Myrmidonian crew

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “myrmidonian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)