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Mæviad

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A merciless satire by Gifford on the Della Cruscan school of poetry. Published 1796. The word is in Virgil’s Eclogue, iii. 90. (See Baviad.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Madman
Madness
Madoc
Madonna. (Italian, my lady.)
Mador (Sir)
Madras System of Education
Mæander
Mæcenas
Maelström (Norwegian, whirling stream)
Mæonides
Mæviad
Mag
Maga
Magalona
Magazine
Magdalene
Magdeburg Centuries
Magellan
Magenta
Maggot, Maggoty
Magi (The)