"Boeotian" meaning in English

See Boeotian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /biːˈəʊʃən/ [UK] Forms: more Boeotian [comparative], most Boeotian [superlative]
Etymology: From Boeotia. Head templates: {{en-adj}} Boeotian (comparative more Boeotian, superlative most Boeotian)
  1. (historical) Pertaining to Boeotia. Tags: historical Translations (pertaining to Boeotia): Βοιωτικός (Boiōtikós) (Ancient Greek), beoci (Catalan), béotien (French), böotisch (German), βοιωτικός (voiotikós) (Greek), boiót (Hungarian), aonio (Italian), beotico (Italian), beota (Italian), beocki (Polish), beócio (Portuguese), beocio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Boeotian-en-adj-lgc190Lb Disambiguation of 'pertaining to Boeotia': 100 0
  2. (by extension) Stupid, foolish, dull-witted. Tags: broadly Translations (stupid, foolish): béotien (French), μωρός (morós) (Greek), ανόητος (anóitos) (Greek), χαζός (chazós) (Greek), beota (Italian), beócio (Portuguese), tarado (Spanish), simplón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Boeotian-en-adj-AMr0mFts Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 46 41 7 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 51 44 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 49 40 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 53 41 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 55 42 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 46 40 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 56 41 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 0 56 41 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 57 41 1 1 Disambiguation of 'stupid, foolish': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Beotian [uncommon], Bœotian [archaic]

Proper name

IPA: /biːˈəʊʃən/ [UK]
Etymology: From Boeotia. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Boeotian
  1. (historical) A dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Dialects Translations (a dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia): Böotisch [neuter] (German), boiót (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-Boeotian-en-name-Atc8o7jm Disambiguation of Dialects: 0 30 68 1 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Greek demonyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 46 41 7 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 51 44 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 49 40 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 0 3 95 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 1 28 56 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 46 40 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 0 19 75 5 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 1 22 48 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 31 55 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 1 24 47 8 20 Disambiguation of Greek demonyms: 0 33 63 4 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Beotian [uncommon], Bœotian [archaic]

Noun

IPA: /biːˈəʊʃən/ [UK] Forms: Boeotians [plural]
Etymology: From Boeotia. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Boeotian (plural Boeotians)
  1. (historical) An inhabitant or a resident of Boeotia. Tags: historical Translations (inhabitant of Boeotia): Βοιωτός (Boiōtós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), beoci [masculine] (Catalan), Béotien (French), Böotier [masculine] (German), Böotierin [feminine] (German), Βοιωτός (Voiotós) [masculine] (Greek), Βοιωτή (Voiotí) [feminine] (Greek), boiót (Hungarian), beócio [masculine] (Portuguese), beocio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Boeotian-en-noun-T0FlwMV1 Disambiguation of 'inhabitant of Boeotia': 94 6
  2. (by extension) A dull or ignorant person. Tags: broadly Translations (dull or ignorant person): béotien (French), beócio [masculine] (Portuguese), tarado [masculine] (Spanish), simplón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Boeotian-en-noun-DMGsnMg- Disambiguation of 'dull or ignorant person': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Beotian [uncommon], Bœotian [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Boeotia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more Boeotian",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "most Boeotian",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Robert E. Gaebel, Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 140:",
          "text": "The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed. The collapse of Boeotian morale at the death of Epaminondas and the abrupt cessation of fighting remain something of an enigma, especially since Pelopidas' men at Cynoscephalae fought even more vigorously to preserve the victory after he fell there.",
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        "(historical) Pertaining to Boeotia."
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 418:",
          "text": "we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites.",
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          "text": "Ransom reflected he might answer her that until five minutes ago he didn't know she existed; but he remembered that this was not the way in which a Southern gentleman spoke to ladies, and he contented himself with saying that he must condone his Bœotian ignorance […]",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "sense": "stupid, foolish",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "sense": "stupid, foolish",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "stupid, foolish",
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          "text": "The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed. The collapse of Boeotian morale at the death of Epaminondas and the abrupt cessation of fighting remain something of an enigma, especially since Pelopidas' men at Cynoscephalae fought even more vigorously to preserve the victory after he fell there.",
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          "text": "we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites.",
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          "text": "Ransom reflected he might answer her that until five minutes ago he didn't know she existed; but he remembered that this was not the way in which a Southern gentleman spoke to ladies, and he contented himself with saying that he must condone his Bœotian ignorance […]",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "beoci"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "béotien"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "böotisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "βοιωτικός"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "Βοιωτικός"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "boiót"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "aonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "beotico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "beota"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "beocki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "beócio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Boeotia",
      "word": "beocio"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "béotien"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "morós",
      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "μωρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anóitos",
      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "ανόητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chazós",
      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "χαζός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "beota"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "beócio"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "tarado"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid, foolish",
      "word": "simplón"
    }
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}

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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "beoci"
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      "code": "de",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of Boeotia",
      "word": "boiót"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inhabitant of Boeotia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beócio"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of Boeotia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beocio"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "dull or ignorant person",
      "word": "béotien"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dull or ignorant person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "beócio"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dull or ignorant person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tarado"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dull or ignorant person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "simplón"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Böotisch"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia",
      "word": "boiót"
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}

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