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Meaning of -iad | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Forming the name of an epic about the indicated topic.
  2. A period of time from one occurrence of an (indicated, regularly recurrent) event to the next.

Examples

The Athletiad, The Congressiad, The Female Dunciad, The Mooriad, The Popiad, The Rapiad, The Scribleriad”
Acrid the temper of the parties, vital the pending questions. Congress convenes; the President sends his Message; Reconstruction is still in abeyance; the nominations and the contest for the twenty-first Presidentiad draw close, [...]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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