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Neptunist

noun

Etymology

From Neptune + -ist.

  1. derived from *nebʰ-✻
  2. derived from Neptūnus
  3. derived from Neptune
  4. suffixed as neptunist — “Neptune + ist”

Definitions

  1. A proponent of Neptunism.

    • The opposing Neptunists, who counted Goethe among their number, believed that the Earth was originally covered in ocean, and that all rocks originated as deposits on the floors of ancient seas.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA