Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a discobolus; quoit-throwing.

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Examples

  • For his discobolic exploit proved the climax of his rage, and was succeeded by an immediate sense that he had passed the bounds of legitimate passion; and he sunk immediately from the very pinnacle of opposition to the level of implicit acquiescence.

    Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock 1825

  • For his discobolic exploit proved the climax of his rage, and was succeeded by an immediate sense that he had passed the bounds of legitimate passion; and he sunk immediately from the very pinnacle of opposition to the level of implicit acquiescence.

    Maid Marian 1822

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