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Dantean

Definition of Dantean

adjective

  • of or reminiscent of the poetry of Dante, especially in invoking his vision of hell in The Divine Comedy: he described a Dantean scene when two 30 ft monsters fought to the death

noun

  • an admirer or student of Dante or his writing.

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