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Neptunist

Neptunist noun: a proponent of Neptunism.

Noun

Neptunist (plural Neptunists)

  1. A proponent of Neptunism.
    • The opposing Neptunists, who counted Goethe among their number, believed that the Earth was originally covered in ocean, and that all rocks originated as deposits on the floors of ancient seas.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 74

Forms of Neptunist

pluralNeptunists

Origin of Neptunist

From Neptune + -ist.

Questions about Neptunist

What does Neptunist mean?
Neptunist means a proponent of Neptunism.
What part of speech is Neptunist?
Neptunist is a noun.
What is the plural of Neptunist?
The plural of Neptunist is Neptunists.

Words near Neptunist in the dictionary

  1. Neptunian planets
  2. neptunians
  3. neptunic
  4. Neptunicentric
  5. neptunism
  6. Neptunist
  7. Neptunists
  8. neptunite
  9. neptunites
  10. neptunium
  11. neptunocene

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