Meaning

(obsolete) Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.
2. Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.

Example Sentences

The Tuesday after baseball season ended Rud was stretched out on his side on the livingroom carpet, the sports section unfolded and papyrian before him.

In summary, for the Hellenistic epoch we must accept, in spite of the scarcity of papyrian documents, a widespread flowering of the gnomologies: some done by the authors themselves, like those of Epicurus or Demetrius of Phalerum; others edited by philosophers or anthologists who collected material from the previous age, although with little regard for fidelity (as is the case of the Seven Wise Men, Socrates, Epicharmus or Anacharsis).

A similar radical distinction between “the whole” (to pan) and “its parts” (ta merē) is effected in the papyrian text (PGeneva 203) to which I referred earlier in note 4 of my introduction; […]

Word Forms

• more papyrian
• most papyrian
• papyrean

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When Should You Use Papyrian?

Use papyrian when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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