Falernian
English
Adjective
Falernian (comparative more Falernian, superlative most Falernian)
- Of, produced in, or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], OCLC 1042815524, part I, page 195:
- Sandbanks, marshes, forests, savages, - precious little to eat fit for a civilised man, nothing but Thames water to drink. No Falernian wine here, no going ashore.
Translations
of or pertaining to the region
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Noun
Falernian (uncountable)
- A wine produced from Aglianico grapes on the slopes of Mount Falernus, much esteemed in Ancient Rome.
- 1863, George Whyte-Melville, “Chapter XV: Red Falernian”, in The Gladiators:
- What’s a Helen of Troy compared to a flask of this red Falernian? Why good wine gets better the longer you keep it, while woman loses her flavour year by year.
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Translations
wine
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Anagrams
- nafarelin