Etymology

centaurian

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Today it means: Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur. Full definition →

First used 17th c.
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centaurian · adjective1

From centaur + -ian.

Centaurian · adjective, noun2

From Centaurus + -ian.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 17th c. Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.
  • from 20th c. Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants.
  • from 20th c. An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus.

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