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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ACROCERAU'NIAN, a. [Gr. a summit, and thunder.]
An epithet applied to certain mountains between Epirus and Illyricum, in the 41st degree of latitude. They project into the Adriatic, and are so termed from being often struck with lightning.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Acroceraunian Ac`ro*ce*rau"ni*an, a. [L. acroceraunius, fr. Gr. ? high, n. pl. ? heights + ? thunderbolt.] Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of ``thunder-smitten'' peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. --Shelley.
