Word.ws English Dictionary

Horrocksian

Horrocksian is the alternative form of Horroxian.

Meaning of Horroxian

Adjective

Horroxian (comparative more Horroxian, superlative most Horroxian)

  1. Of or relating to Jeremiah Horrocks (1618–1641), English astronomer.

Forms of Horrocksian

comparativemore Horrocksian
superlativemost Horrocksian

Origin of Horrocksian

From Horrocks + -ian.

Questions about Horrocksian

What is Horrocksian the alternative form of?
Horrocksian is the alternative form of Horroxian.

Words near Horrocksian in the dictionary

  1. Horrocks
  2. Horrocks box
  3. Horrocks boxes
  4. Horrockses
  5. Horrocksford
  6. Horrocksian
  7. horror
  8. horror autotoxicus
  9. horror chamber
  10. horror chambers
  11. horror film

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Horrocksian (page history and authors); Horroxian (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Horrocksian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/horrocksian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.