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Meaning of Medicean | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
mɛdɪˈtʃiːən

Definitions

  1. Designating the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), as named by Galileo in honour of his future patron Cosimo II de' Medici.
    historical
  2. Pertaining to the Medici family.

Examples

“Four Medicean stars dance about Jupiter, two Austrian about Saturn, etc., and all (belike) to the music of the spheres.”
“Evelyn recorded a suggestion that the Society might take as its coat of arms a representation of a pair of crossed telescopes surmounted by the Medicean planets.”

CEFR level

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

medicerebellar medicerebral medicinable medicinal medicinelike mediciney

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