adjective
- of or relating to the Muses.
- of or relating to poetry or poetic inspiration.
- of or relating to Pieria.
adjective
- of or relating to the Muses or artistic or poetic inspiration
- of or relating to Pieria
adj.literally “of Pieria,” 1590s, from Latin Pierius “Pieria,” from Greek Pieria, district in northern Thessaly, reputed home of the Muses; thus “pertaining to poetry.” A little Learning is a dang’rous Thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:[Pope, “Essay on Criticism,” 1711]