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Definition
socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others — often thinking oneself superior to others
- Two sounding darts the Lycian leader threw: The first aloof with erring fury flew, The next transpierced Achilles' mortal steed, The generous Pedasus of Theban breed: Fix'd in the shoulder's joint, he reel'd around, Roll'd in the bloody dust, and paw'd the slippery ground.Book 16 (55% in)
- Not fiercer rush along the gloomy wood, With rage insatiate, and with thirst of blood, Voracious hounds, that many a length before Their furious hunters, drive the wounded boar; But if the savage turns his glaring eye, They howl aloof, and round the forest fly.Book 17 (95% in)
There are no more uses of "aloof" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope).
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