Arthurian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Arthurian in British English:
UK [ɑ:ˈθjʊəriən]
How to pronounce Arthurian in American English:
US [ɑrˈθʊriən]
-
- Adjective:
- of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Word Origin
- Arthurian (adj.)
- "pertaining to the series of tales of British King Arthur and his knights," 1793, from Arthur + -ian.
Example
- 1. Merlin was the renowned wizard of arthurian legend .
- 2. In arthurian legend , the battlefield where king arthur was mortally wounded .
- 3. The wife of king arthur and lover of lancelot according to arthurian legend .
- 4. Castresana often compared the criminals he investigated to characters from literature and he seemed to conceive of himself as an arthurian knight swept up in one heroic battle after another .
- 5. In arthurian legend , the purest of the knights of the round table who alone succeeded in the quest for the holy grail .