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Daguerreian

Daguerreian is the alternative form of Daguerrean.

Meaning of Daguerrean

Adjective

Daguerrean (comparative more Daguerrean, superlative most Daguerrean)

  1. Relating to Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), French artist and physicist, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.

Forms of Daguerreian

comparativemore Daguerreian
superlativemost Daguerreian

Origin of Daguerreian

From French Daguerre + -ian.

Questions about Daguerreian

What is Daguerreian the alternative form of?
Daguerreian is the alternative form of Daguerrean.

Words near Daguerreian in the dictionary

  1. dagswains
  2. Dagu
  3. Daguan
  4. Dague
  5. Daguerrean
  6. Daguerreian
  7. daguerreotype
  8. daguerreotyped
  9. daguerreotyper
  10. daguerreotypers
  11. daguerreotypes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Daguerreian (page history and authors); Daguerrean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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