"Solomonic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Solomonic [comparative], most Solomonic [superlative]
Etymology: Solomon + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Solomon|ic}} Solomon + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} Solomonic (comparative more Solomonic, superlative most Solomonic)
  1. Relating to Solomon, a king of Israel noted for his wisdom.
    Sense id: en-Solomonic-en-adj-IUC0YMwm
  2. Resembling the Judgement of Solomon when two women both claimed to be the mother of a child, either in reference to his initial proposal to cut the child in half being disadvantageous to both parties (or allowing both to claim victory), or his actual solution (to give the child to the woman who'd give it up rather than see it killed) being remarkable.
    Sense id: en-Solomonic-en-adj-YXL9~mEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 42 30 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 6 35 31 28
  3. Relating to the Solomon Islands.
    Sense id: en-Solomonic-en-adj-E13GgVUc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 33 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 6 35 31 28
  4. (architecture) Twisted helically. Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: barley-sugar
    Sense id: en-Solomonic-en-adj-yDWasEbS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 33 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 6 35 31 28 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: split the baby

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