sylvestrian

English

Etymology

Latin sylvestris, better silvestris.

Adjective

sylvestrian (comparative more sylvestrian, superlative most sylvestrian)

1. sylvan
   • 1708, John Gay, Wine:

     With roses interwoven, poplar wreaths,
     Their temples bind, dress of sylvestrian gods!

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “sylvestrian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)