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subaquarian

subaquarian adjective: lying below the surface of the water; submarine.

Adjective

subaquarian (comparative more subaquarian, superlative most subaquarian)

  1. Lying below the surface of the water; submarine.
    • There they stool, still lost in some subaquarian fog, moving towards him so slowly that he could perceive no motion[.]1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 86

Forms of subaquarian

comparativemore subaquarian
superlativemost subaquarian

Origin of subaquarian

From sub- + aquarian.

Questions about subaquarian

What does subaquarian mean?
Subaquarian means lying below the surface of the water; submarine.
What part of speech is subaquarian?
Subaquarian is an adjective.

Words near subaquarian in the dictionary

  1. subapplication
  2. subapplications
  3. subappressed
  4. subapterous
  5. subaqua
  6. subaquarian
  7. subaquatic
  8. subaquatics
  9. subaquean
  10. subaqueous
  11. subaqueously

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