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hesperian

hesperian adjective: of or relating to the Hesperiidae family of butterflies.

Adjective (1)

hesperian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Hesperiidae family of butterflies.

Noun

hesperian (plural hesperians)

  1. Any butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper

Adjective (2) capitalized: Hesperian

Hesperian (comparative more Hesperian, superlative most Hesperian)

  1. Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western
    • the parting Sun/ Beyond the Earth’s green Cape and verdant Isles/ Hesperian sets1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
  2. Of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs
    • Always the same old taste, just new injury / Well, I'll wear the claws if you'd like that / Yeah, if you'd like that, we can ride on a black horse / A great new wave Hesperian death horse / I can call you when I get back / Yeah, when I get back I will call2003, “When Girls Telephone Boys”, in Chino Moreno (lyrics), Deftones, performed by Deftones
  3. Of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian

Proper noun capitalized: Hesperian

Hesperian

  1. An inhabitant of the western lands
    • Our wild Hesperians humanize at last1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
  2. The Hesperian geological time period of Mars

Synonyms of hesperian

Forms of hesperian

Noun
pluralhesperians
Adjective
comparativemore Hesperian
superlativemost Hesperian

Origin of hesperian

Hesperia + -an

From Latin Hesperius + -ian.

Phrases with hesperian

Questions about hesperian

What does hesperian mean?
Hesperian means of or relating to the Hesperiidae family of butterflies.
What part of speech is hesperian?
Hesperian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near hesperian in the dictionary

  1. Hesper
  2. Hespera
  3. hesperadin
  4. hesperetin
  5. Hesperia
  6. hesperian
  7. Hesperian epoch
  8. hesperians
  9. Hesperid
  10. Hesperidean
  11. hesperidene

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