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centaurian

centaurian adjective: pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.

Adjective (1)

centaurian (comparative more centaurian, superlative most centaurian)

  1. Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.
    • Balzac, a centaurian mesomorph, projects these elegant ectomorphs as creatures of a hierarchic dream.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Adjective (2) capitalized: Centaurian

Centaurian (comparative more Centaurian, superlative most Centaurian)

  1. Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants.

Noun capitalized: Centaurian

Centaurian (plural Centaurians)

  1. An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus.
    • The Centaurians are remarkable people, but move slowly.1911, [L. D.] Biagi, The Centaurians: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Publishing Co., […]
    • Jack proposed to record a Centaurian’s vocabulary with English equivalents, and the dictawriter, hearing the queer hoots the strange creature uttered, would pick out a card which would then cause a speaker to enunciate its English synonym.1935 March, Murray Leinster, “Proxima Centauri”, in Astounding Stories, volume XV, number 1, Street & Smith, page 25

Forms of centaurian

Adjective
comparativemore centaurian
superlativemost centaurian
comparativemore Centaurian
superlativemost Centaurian
Noun
pluralCentaurians

Origin of centaurian

From centaur + -ian.

From Centaurus + -ian.

Phrases with centaurian

Questions about centaurian

What does centaurian mean?
Centaurian means pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.
What part of speech is centaurian?
Centaurian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near centaurian in the dictionary

  1. centauresque
  2. centauress
  3. centauresses
  4. centaurette
  5. centaurettes
  6. centaurian
  7. Centaurians
  8. Centaurid
  9. Centaurids
  10. centauries
  11. centaurin

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