hesperian

1. not comparableOf or relating to the Hesperiidae family of butterflies.

plural hesperians

1. Any butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper

comparative more Hesperian · superlative most Hesperian

1. Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western

   the parting Sun/ Beyond the Earth’s green Cape and verdant Isles/ Hesperian sets

   1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 630-632

2. Of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs

   Always the same old taste, just new injury / Well, I'll wear the claws if you'd like that / Yeah, if you'd like that, we can ride on a black horse / A great new wave Hesperian death horse / I can call you when I get back / Yeah, when I get back I will call

   2003, “When Girls Telephone Boys”, in Chino Moreno (lyrics), Deftones, performed by Deftones

3. Of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian

1. An inhabitant of the western lands

   Our wild Hesperians humanize at last

   1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad

2. The Hesperian geological time period of Mars