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Falernian
[fuh-lur-nee-uhn]
adjective
(especially of a wine celebrated by Horace) of, coming from, or made in a district of Campania, Italy.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Falernian1
Example Sentences
Affable and adored by soldiers, he was the kind of guy you could drink the famed Falernian wine with.
The Falernian, from Southern Italy, by contrast, was “strong” and “powerful”; Pliny the Elder wrote that “there is now no wine known that ranks higher.”
Is it even good, this Falernian wine of yours?
To begin with, he had all the best vintages: Château Margaux, Grand Lafitte which had been twice to the Indies, Sillery de Moët, Hochmeyer, scarlet wine, port and porter, ale and ginger beer, white and red Lachryma-Christi, Caprian, and Falernian.
, you have Falernian wine, animal!
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