Meanings
- archaicnot comparableOf or relating to the Ceraunian Mountains.
Arethusa arose / From her couch of snows / In the Acroceraunian mountains,——
1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Arethusa”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 1571 more example
What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof.
1854, Herman Melville, “The Lightning-Rod Man”, in The Piazza Tales, New York: Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1856
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄκρος“high, heights”
- LatinAcroceraunius
- EnglishAcroceraunian
From Latin Acroceraunius, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high, heights”) + κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”).
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Portuguese acroceráunio
- acroceráuniorelating to the mountain range
Cite this entry
Acroceraunian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acroceraunian
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