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Dantean

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Dan·te A·li·ghie·ri  (dänt äl-gyr) 1265-1321.
Italian poet whose masterpiece, The Divine Comedy (completed 1321), details his visionary progress through Hell and Purgatory, escorted by Virgil, and through Heaven, guided by his lifelong idealized love, Beatrice.
Dante·an adj. & n.
Dan·tesque (dän-tsk) adj.
Dantean [ˈdæntɪən dænˈtiːən], Dantesque [dænˈtɛsk]
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(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or relating to Dante (Alighieri), the Italian poet (1265-1321), or reminiscent of his allegorical account of a journey through Hell in La Divina Commedia
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Adj.1.Dantean - of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings
Dantesque
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Dantean
adj → dantisch
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But in gazing at such scenes, it is all in all what mood you are in; if in the Dantean, the devils will occur to you; if in that of Isaiah, the archangels.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
"I'm sure I donna want t' go wi' the whittaws," said Molly, whimpering, and quite overcome by this Dantean picture of her future, "on'y we allays used to comb the wool for 'n at Mester Ottley's; an' so I just axed ye.
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