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adj
Of or pertaining to Neptune, the Roman god of fresh water and the sea, the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman, not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
Synonyms: Poseidonian
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or pertaining to water or the sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, not-comparable, rare
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adj
Formed by the action of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adj
Of, pertaining to, or supporting Neptunism (“a discredited theory that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, historical, not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adj
Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Neptune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to the planet Neptune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of Neptunian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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noun
A sailor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: Neptunist, jack, jacktar, lobscouser, mariner, matelot, Neptunian, sailor, salt, seafarer, seaman, shipman, squid, swab, swabby, tar, waterman
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A proponent of Neptunism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: Neptunist
Antonyms: Plutonian, Plutonist, volcanist, Vulcanist
noun
A person under the astrological influence of the planet Neptune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
An (imaginary) inhabitant of the planet Neptune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Neptunian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From Latin Neptūnius (“of or pertaining to the Roman god Neptune”), from Neptūnus (“the Roman god Neptune”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nebh- (“to become damp, cloudy”)) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as Neptune + -ian. The English word is cognate with French neptunien (“pertaining to the Roman god Neptune, pertaining to the sea, pertaining to Neptunism, Neptunian; proponent of Neptunism, Neptunist”), German Neptunier (“proponent of Neptunism, Neptunist”).
From Neptune (“eighth planet in the solar system”) + -ian.
Across languages
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