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plutonic¹

  • /pluːˈtɒnɪk/ UK
  • /pluˈtɑnɪk/ US

Where it comes from

See Plutonic.

adjective more plutonic · most plutonic

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Plutonic

plutonic²

  • /pluːˈtɒnɪk/ UK
  • /pluˈtɑnɪk/ US

Where it comes from

From pluton(ium) + -ic.

adjective

  1. not comparable Containing plutonium in a higher oxidation state.

Plutonic³

  • /pluːˈtɒnɪk/ UK
  • /pluˈtɑnɪk/ US

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonique (modern French plutonique (“of or pertaining to Pluto, the underworld, or the interior of the Earth”)).

adjective more Plutonic · most Plutonic · plutonic

  1. Greek, Roman Synonym of Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal”).

    Similar: Hadean, Plutonic, Plutonian, Tartarean, Acherontic, infernal, hellish, helly, stygian, subtartarean

  2. broadly Synonym of Plutonian (“of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful”). a dark, handsome lady, of no little majesty, and rather like a plutonic Madonna

    Similar: cimmerian, tenebrous, dismal, melancholic, adumbral, blear, caliginous, crepuscular, dark, darksome, darkling, dim

  3. broadly Of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth. These cliffs, I may remark, are basaltic, and therefore plutonic.

    Similar: abyssal, intrusive, Plutonian

  4. broadly, historical Of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism (“the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again”).

    Similar: Plutonian

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adj of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust

Españolplutónico
Portuguêsplutónico, plutônico
Françaisplutonique
Deutschplutonisch
Italianoplutonico
Românăplutonic

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@misc{plutonic_2026,
  title = {plutonic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plutonic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}