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Martian

adj
/ˈmɑːʃən/UK/ˈmɑɹʃən/US

Etymology

From Latin Mārtius (“of or relating to the planet Mars”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix). The word is cognate with Middle English marcien, marcyan, mercien (“subject to the influence or power of the planet Mars; relating to the god Mars, that is, warlike”), Middle French martien (“Martian”) (modern French martien), French Martien (“imaginary inhabitant of Mars; any extraterrestrial”), Italian marziano, Latin Mārtiānus (“Martian”), Portuguese marciano, Spanish marciano.

  1. derived from Mārtius

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined inhabitants.

    • Prof. Percival Lowell, the eminent Martian astronomer, said in a recent interview in New York: "The Martian canals are not Panama canals. The word 'canals' you know, really means 'lines.' [...]"

  2. Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars

    Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose.

  3. Pertaining to battle or war

    Pertaining to battle or war; martial, military.

    • The iudges vvhich thereto ſelected vvere, / Into the Martian field adovvne deſcended, / To deeme this doutfull caſe, for vvhich they all contended.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Pertaining to the Roman god Mars, the god of war.

      • Near-synonym: Arean

    2. A person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.

    3. An inhabitant of the planet Mars.

    4. A hypothetical language spoken on Mars.

      • Suvi: Between the Remnant city, Meridian, and however the Scourge fits in... pardon my Martian, but it's all weird as shit.

    5. Alternative letter-case form of Martian (“of or pertaining to the planet Mars”).

    6. Alternative form of Martian packet.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Martian. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01martian02war03military04police05granted06awareness07observer08monitors09in-ear10canal

A definitional loop anchored at martian. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at martian

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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