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Cytherian

Cytherian is the alternative spelling of Cytherean.

Meaning of Cytherean

Adjective

Cytherean (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to Cythera, an island now part of Greece, at which the goddess Aphrodite came ashore on a seashell according to Greek mythology. Thus, referring to the goddesses Aphrodite or Venus.
    • Suppliantly he begs, both for himself and for two miserable persons: make this one young, O Cytherean goddess, and this one make virile.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 8
  2. (uncommon) Of or pertaining to the planet Venus; Venusian.
    • This view, that we see only a Cytherean cloud-canopy, has been confirmed by M. Landerer's observation of the non-polarised character of the light reflected by the crescent Venus; [...]1893, Agnes M. Clerke, A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century, page 314
  3. (rare) Venereal.
    • [...] he took every precaution that the venereal diſorder ſhould not be communicated to theſe happy, unoffending people; but it appears [...] that ſome ungenerous Frenchman was baſe enough to plant this dreadful malady, in a country where [...] it is more likely to ſpread than in any other part of...1773, unknown, An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators, page 253

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Questions about Cytherian

What is Cytherian the alternative spelling of?
Cytherian is the alternative spelling of Cytherean.

Words near Cytherian in the dictionary

  1. Cytherea
  2. Cytherean
  3. Cythereans
  4. cytherellid
  5. cytherellids
  6. Cytherian
  7. cythero-
  8. cytherocentric
  9. cytherocopine
  10. cytheroidean
  11. cytheroideans

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