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English
Etymology
From Latin Vatinianus (in odium Vatinium, in Catullus), from personal name Vatīnius, reportedly the name of a Roman who was universally hated.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Vatinian (comparative more Vatinian, superlative most Vatinian)
- Of hatred: extremely strong, bitter, intense.
- , New York Review of Books, 2001, pp.62-3:
- they that erst were willing to do all mutual offices of love and kindness, now revile and persecute one another to death, with more than Vatinian hatred, and will not be reconciled.