Neptunian

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to Neptune, the Roman god of fresh water and the sea, the counterpart of…

   Of or pertaining to Neptune, the Roman god of fresh water and the sea, the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon.

   • Near-synonym: Poseidonian
   • The Tomb disburd'ning, whence the Ghoſt aroſe / Of great Achilles; Such when Thracian Foes / (The Prelude of thy Fates, Troy!) he o'rethrew, / And the white hair'd Neptunian Cycnus [i.e., Neptune's son] ſlew.
2. 2

   Of or pertaining to water or the sea.

   • Where the inſulting ſtreams of Chaos roar, / Where boiſt'rous waves the rugged ſhores ſurround, / And ſtorms and whirlwinds in the air abound, / There meet two rivals of Neptunian race, / Hoſtilities begin with fierce grimace: [...]
   • Since lately the Neptunian admiral (Sextus Pompeius) when driven from the sea, fled with his burnt ships, having menaced those chains to Rome, which as a friend he had taken off from perfidious slaves.
3. 3

   Formed by the action of water.

   • neptunian dyke
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   1. 4

      Of, pertaining to, or supporting Neptunism (“a discredited theory that rocks were formed…

      Of, pertaining to, or supporting Neptunism (“a discredited theory that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans”).

   2. 5

      A sailor.

      • You braue Neptunians, you ſalt water crew, / Sea-plowing Marriners; I ſpeake to you: [...]
   3. 6

      A proponent of Neptunism.

      • Its [obsidian's] origin is warmly contested between the Neptunians and Plutonians, many of the latter denominating it a vitreous lava.
   4. 7

      Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Neptune.

   5. 8

      Of or pertaining to the planet Neptune.

   6. 9

      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.
      • Often the Neptunian cannot bring his or her fantasies to birth in form because the fantasy world remains a surrogate womb, static rather than flowing, a place of painless oblivion rather than a bridge between human and divine.
   7. 10

      An (imaginary) inhabitant of the planet Neptune.

      • Pretend that you are a visitor to Earth from the planet Neptune. When you return home you will want to describe Earthlings to your fellow Neptunians. [...] Good luck! Or as Neptunians say, "Urk bliff!"
   8. 11

      Alternative letter-case form of Neptunian.

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