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aeolic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aeolic has 1 sense
- aeolic(n = noun.communication) aeolic dialect, eolic - the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis; Array is a kind of ancient greek
CIDE DICTIONARY
aeolic, a. [L. Aeolicus; Gr. A'ioliko`s, name of the god of the winds.].
- Æolian, 1; as, the Æolic dialect; the Æolic mode. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to, caused by, or designating, the action of the wind in modifying the earth's surface; as, æolic erosion; æolic sand. Same as aeolian{3}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
aeolic, n.
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis. [WordNet 1.5]
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