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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Roman emperor Nero (54–68
a. d. ), or to his reign; characteristic of or resembling Nero; grossly cruel and tyrannical.
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Moreover, there is nothing neronian about the protagonists '(both the narrator and his brother are botanist-philosophers) devotion to intellectual pursuits.
An Exchange on Ernst Jünger Barr, Hilary 1993
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