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Plutonian

adj
/pluːˈtəʊ.nɪ.ən/UK/pluˈtoʊ.ni.ən/US

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Latin Plūtōnius (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Plūtōnius is from Ancient Greek Πλουτώνιος (Ploutṓnios, “of or relating to Pluto”), from Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonien (modern French plutonien). The noun is derived from the adjective.

  1. derived from *plew-✻ — “to fly; to flow; to run”
  2. derived from Πλουτώνιος — “of or relating to Pluto”
  3. derived from Plūtōnius — “of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld

    Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.

    • […] he through the midſt unmarkt, / In ſhew Plebeian Angel militant / Of loweſt order, paſt; and from the dore / Of that Plutonian Hall, inviſible / Aſcended his high Throne, […]
    • ["]Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore— / Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
    • You rise by candle-light or gaslight, swearing / There never was a climate made like ours; / If rashly you go out to take an airing, / The soot-flakes come in black Plutonian show'rs.

  2. Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld

    Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.

    • I am dying, Egypt, dying, / Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast, / And the dark Plutonian shadows / Gather on the evening blast; […]
    • Yet when [Frank] Brangwyn immortalised Cannon Street Station, most Plutonian of London terminals, they began to admire.

  3. Synonym of plutonic (“of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather…

    Synonym of plutonic (“of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth”).

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Synonym of plutonic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the…

      Synonym of plutonic (“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”).

    2. A proponent of plutonism

      A proponent of plutonism; a plutonist.

    3. Pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

    4. Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.

    5. A person under the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

    6. An inhabitant of the dwarf planet Pluto.

      • The Plutonians, who are almost extinct, once held a superscience that they have largely lost. Early Plutonian visits to Earth survived in folk memory as the devil, since Plutonians are gigantic, with horns, hooves, and tail.

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