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aurorean

/ɔːˈɹɔəɹɪən/ UK

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Either the Latin aurōre(us) + the English -an or formed from the two English elements auror(a) + -ean.

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Belonging to the dawn, or resembling it in brilliant hue. 1783, Richard Griffith (misattributed to Laurence Sterne), The Koran: or, The Life, Character, and Sentiments, of Tria Juncta in Uno in The Posthumous Works of Laurence Sterne, London, Volume 6, p. 50, […] a winged seraph […] sipping aurorean dew, and extracting nectareous essences from aromatic flo
Similar: auroral, dawnlike, dilucular, eoan
Of or relating to Aurora, goddess of dawn in Roman mythology.
Of or relating to the asteroid (94) Aurora.

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@misc{aurorean_2026,
  title = {aurorean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aurorean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}