Falernian

[ fuh-lur-nee-uhn ]

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adjective

(especially of a wine celebrated by Horace) of, coming from, or made in a district of Campania, Italy.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Falernian¹

1720–30; < Latin ( ager ) Falern ( us ) Falernian (field) + -ian

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Example Sentences

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Affable and adored by soldiers, he was the kind of guy you could drink the famed Falernian wine with.

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The Falernian, from Southern Italy, by contrast, was “strong” and “powerful”; Pliny the Elder wrote that “there is now no wine known that ranks higher.”

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Is it even good, this Falernian wine of yours?

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To begin with, he had all the best vintages: Château Margaux, Grand Lafitte which had been twice to the Indies, Sillery de Moët, Hochmeyer, scarlet wine, port and porter, ale and ginger beer, white and red Lachryma-Christi, Caprian, and Falernian.

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��, you have Falernian wine, animal!

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Falerii Falieri

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