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Meaning of Caligulan | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Caligula (AD 12–41), Roman Emperor.
  2. Brutally cruel and tyrannical.

Equivalents

Français caligulien

Examples

“The Caligulan malice with which Donald Trump administered Paul Ryan’s degradation is an object lesson in the price of abject capitulation to power.”
“In many ways, the company’s four-week tailspin has been a one-of-a-kind spectacle. Documents filed in anticipation of its public offering revealed a pattern of behavior from its founder and chief executive, Adam Neumann, that fits somewhere on the spectrum between highly eccentric and vaguely Caligulan.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Caligulian caliological caliphal caliphatic caliphian Calippic

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