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 Mæon’ides (4 syl.) or Mæonian Poet.Mag. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mæviad.
 
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.)   1
 


 Mæon’ides (4 syl.) or Mæonian Poet.Mag. 

 
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