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Webster 1913 Edition
Serbonian
Ser-bo′ni-an
,Adj.
Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog.
A gulf profound as that
Where armies whole have sunk.
Serbonian
bog . . . Where armies whole have sunk.
Milton.
Definition 2024
Serbonian
Serbonian
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Adjective
Serbonian (comparative more Serbonian, superlative most Serbonian)
- Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog.
- A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog […] Where armies whole have sunk. — Milton.