Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CLAS'SIC
CLAS'SIC, or CLAS'SIC-ALCLAS-SICAL'I-TY, or CLAS'SIC-AL-NESS
CLAS'SIC, n.
- An author of the first rank; a writer whose style is pure, correct, and refined; primarily, a Greek or Roman author of this character; but the word is applied to writers of a like character in any nation. – Pope.
- A book written by an author of the first class.
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