Caligulan
English
Etymology
Caligula + -an
Adjective
Caligulan (comparative more Caligulan, superlative most Caligulan)
- Of or pertaining to Caligula (AD 12-41), Roman Emperor.
- Brutally cruel and tyrannical.
- 2016, George F. Will, "The ‘big price’ Paul Ryan has paid for supporting Donald Trump", The Washington Post
- The Caligulan malice with which Donald Trump administered Paul Ryan’s degradation is an object lesson in the price of abject capitulation to power.
- 2016, George F. Will, "The ‘big price’ Paul Ryan has paid for supporting Donald Trump", The Washington Post