Napoleonic

English

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Etymology

From Napoleon + -ic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəˌpoʊliˈɒnɪk/
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  • enPR: nə.pō'.lē.ŏnʹ.ĭk

Adjective

Napoleonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte.
    Napoleonic Wars
    • 1917, Winston Churchill, The Dwelling-Place of Light, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 341:
      A half-burned cigar rolled between his mobile lips, he sat on the back of his neck, and yet he had an air Napoleonic; Nietzschean, it might better be said—although it is safe to assert that these moulders of American institutions knew little about that terrible philosopher who had raised his voice against the “slave morals of Christianity.”
  2. Suffering from Napoleon complex.

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