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Neptunian¹
- /nɛpˈtjuː.nɪ.ən/ UK
- /nɛpˈt(j)u.ni.ən/ US
- /-ˈtʃuː-/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin Neptūnius (“of or pertaining to the Roman god Neptune”), from Neptūnus (“the Roman god Neptune”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- (“to become damp, cloudy”)) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as Neptune + -ian. The English word is cognate with French neptunien (“pertaining to the Roman god Neptune, pertaining to the sea, pertaining to Neptunism, Neptunian; proponent of Neptunism, Neptunist”), German Neptunier (“proponent of Neptunism, Neptunist”).
adjective neptunian
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Of or pertaining to Neptune, the Roman god of fresh water and the sea, the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon.
Near-synonym: Poseidonian
Similar: Poseidonian
- Of or pertaining to water or the sea. Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious fre
- Formed by the action of water. neptunian dyke
- Of, pertaining to, or supporting Neptunism (“a discredited theory that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans”). In the Neptunian ſyſtem it is ſuppoſed that the poſitions of the ſtrata have been determined, partly by the figure of the baſe or ground on which they have been depoſited, and partly by their depoſition having been a ſpecies of cryſtallization.
noun Neptunians · neptunian
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A sailor.
You braue Neptunians, you ſalt water crew, / Sea-plowing Marriners; I ſpeake to you: [...]
Similar: Neptunist, jack, jacktar, lobscouser, mariner, matelot, Neptunian, sailor, salt, seafarer, seaman, shipman
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A proponent of Neptunism.
We are not ourselves, bigotted Neptunians or Vulcanians: we perceive difficulties whichever theory be adopted: and provided the earth be but stable under us, we are not anxiously jealous for the dignity of the trident-wielding power, or for the honour of the hammer-working deity.
Similar: Neptunist · Opposite: Plutonian, Plutonist, plutonist, volcanist, Vulcanist
Neptunian²
- /nɛpˈtjuː.nɪ.ən/ UK
- /nɛpˈt(j)u.ni.ən/ US
- /-ˈtʃuː-/ US
Where it comes from
From Neptune (“eighth planet in the solar system”) + -ian.
adjective
- Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Neptune. The Sun represents a masculine principle—assertion, expression and spirit. Neptune touching it brings in the qualities of sensitivity and creativity as well as weakness, dissolution, dissipation and elusiveness. If we take the Sun to represent the image of father, the person's experience of father (
- Of or pertaining to the planet Neptune. After making a sketch of the Neptunian regions for the dates from 1790 to 1800, I soon came to the conclusion that the nights of the 8th and 10th of May, 1795, were the only ones that afforded a reasonable prospect of furnishing an observation of Neptune, and accordingly computed for the evening of
noun Neptunians
- A person under the astrological influence of the planet Neptune. To a Neptunian the common satisfaction of life seems too banal, and he often seeks the hidden mysteries of life. The advanced soul however realises that life is a dream, and a divine dream at that.
- An (imaginary) inhabitant of the planet Neptune. I need not say that from Neptune the earth is completely invisible, as well as Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter. Saturn is a little star which departs from the sun up to 18°. For the Neptunians the solar system appears to be composed of the sun, Saturn, Uranus, their own world, and the planet which doubt
neptunian³
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of Neptunian In several important cases, it is difficult to determine to what degree the metamorphosis has extended, since it remains uncertain whether the form and structural remains of the neptunian sedimentary formation, or as a product of the metamorphosis itself; for the original form of the neptunian, as w
noun neptunians
- Alternative letter-case form of Neptunian As to the two theories, neither will suffice alone. The neptunian is utterly inadequate to explain the phenomena of basalt; nor can a vulcanist account for the appearance of an hydrophane.—We need both explanations. Those geologists who have travelled in the north of Europe, are generally neptunians
Translations
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adj formed by the action of water
| Italiano | nettunico |
|---|
adj of, pertaining to, or supporting Neptunism
| Français | neptunien |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Neptunisch |
| Italiano | nettuniano |
noun proponent of Neptunism
| Français | neptunien, neptunienne |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Neptunier, Neptunist |
| Italiano | nettunista |
adj of or pertaining to the planet Neptune
| Español | neptuniano |
|---|---|
| Português | netuniano |
| Deutsch | neptunisch |
| Italiano | nettunense, nettuniano |
| العربية | نِبْتُونِيّ nibtūniyy |
noun inhabitant of the planet Neptune
| 日本語 | 海王星人 Kaiōsei-jin |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 海王星人 hǎiwángxīngrén |
| Français | Neptunien, Neptunienne |
| العربية | نِبْتُونِيّ nibtūniyy |
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