Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology A spring in Macedonia, sacred to the Muses.
- noun A source of inspiration.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin Pīerius, sacred to the Muses, from Greek Pīeriā, a region of Macedonia; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.]
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This beverage was to us as Malmsey to Clarence, as Falernian to Horace, as the Pierian Spring to poets.
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