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Boeotian is a derived term of boeotia.

boeotian

English

Alternative forms

* Beotian (uncommon) * (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to Boeotia.
  • Stupid, foolish, dull-witted.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 418:
    • we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites.
  • * 1886 , , The Bostonians
  • *:Ransom reflected he might answer her that until five minutes ago he didn't know she existed; but he remembered that this was not the way in which a Southern gentleman spoke to ladies, and he contented himself with saying that he must condone his Boeotian ignorance....

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant or a resident of Boeotia.
  • A dull or ignorant person.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia.

    • boeotia

    English

    (wikipedia Boeotia)

    Alternative forms

    * , Boiotia, Beotia

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A district of Ancient Greece, formerly renowned for the proverbial stupidity of its inhabitants; now, a district in east Central Greece, situated on the peninsula, west of Euboea, north of Attica and Megaris, and east of Phokis. The present-day capital of the prefecture is Levadeia.

    • Derived terms

    * Boeotian