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aurelian

aurelian adjective: pertaining to or resembling an aurelia; gold-coloured, golden.

Adjective (1)

aurelian (comparative more aurelian, superlative most aurelian)

  1. Pertaining to or resembling an aurelia; gold-coloured, golden.
    • Reverts his face, and pausing flings / Soft showers of roses from aurelian wings.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 134

Noun (1)

aurelian (plural aurelians)

  1. (obsolete) A collector of butterflies.

Proper noun capitalized: Aurelian

Aurelian

  1. A male given name from Latin, of mostly historical use in English.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Aurelian

Aurelian (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of the Roman emperor Aurelius

Noun (2) capitalized: Aurelian

Aurelian (plural Aurelians)

  1. (archaic) An entomologist devoted to the study of butterflies and moths.

Forms of aurelian

Adjective
comparativemore aurelian
superlativemost aurelian
Noun
pluralaurelians
pluralAurelians

Origin of aurelian

From aurelia + -an.

From Latin Aurelianus, derivative of the gens name Aurelius (“golden”).

See aurelia (“a chrysalis”).

Questions about aurelian

What does aurelian mean?
Aurelian means pertaining to or resembling an aurelia; gold-coloured, golden.
What part of speech is aurelian?
Aurelian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near aurelian in the dictionary

  1. Auregnais
  2. aurei
  3. aureii
  4. aureity
  5. aurelia
  6. aurelian
  7. aurelians
  8. aurelias
  9. aurelione
  10. Aurelius
  11. Aurelucian

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