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DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS
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• DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS (noun)
The noun DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS has 1 sense:
1. Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
Familiarity information: DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS used as a noun is very rare.
• DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Decimus Junius Juvenalis; Juvenal
Instance hypernyms:
ironist; ridiculer; satirist (a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm)
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