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Meaning of ATELLAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*tel"lan\, a. [L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient
town of the Osci, in Campania.]
Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan
plays; farcical; ribald. -- n. A farcical drama performed at
Atella.
 
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