Well attestedFrom the people of the place
Boeotian
adjective · first attested 17th century
An insult preserved from one Greek region's rivalry with another.
Dull and unrefined.
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- From the people of the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- adjective
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Boeotia
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Boeotian
Athenian writers cast their Boeotian neighbours as slow-witted, and the adjective carried that judgement into English. Thebes was Boeotia's chief city.
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