Plutonianadj.n.

Brit.

/pluːˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/pluˈtoʊniən/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Plūtōnius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Plūtōnius belonging to the god Pluto ( < Hellenistic Greek Πλουτώνιος < ancient Greek Πλούτων Pluto (see Pluto n.¹) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare Middle French, French plutonien (1579 in sense A. 1, 1816 in sense A. 2). Compare slightly earlier Plutonic adj., Plutonical adj.

A. adj.

1. = Plutonic adj. 1. Also, by extension: dark, gloomy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective]

nethereOE

hellena1225

infernalc1374

infern?a1513

hellish1530

helly1532

Avernal?1548

hellic1566

subterrestrial1592

Plutonic1596

Acherontic1597

Plutonical1599

Stygian1601

subterranean1603

Plutonian1604

Acherontical1610

subterraneous1631

subterraneal1643

Tophetical1684

pandemoniac1793

submundane1805

subterrene1809

netherworld1828

pandemonic1833

Acheronian1849

transacherontic1854

Avernian1864

trans-Stygian1899

1604 W. Herbert Prophesie Cadwallader sig. E Plutonian Princesse sacred Proserpine.

1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 38 'Tis tru they retain it still upon their coines of gold and silver, in honour of your Plutonian Highnesse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 444 He..from the dore Of that Plutonian Hall, invisible Ascended his high Throne.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ III. iii. 38 'Tis their..Plutonian Diversion, to make or keep those poor Scholars or Authors still more wretchedly needy and more miserably indigent.

1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon II. 247/2 Styx, a river of the Plutonian dominions.

1831 E. A. Poe Raven in Poet. Wks. 47 Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore.

1889 R. Dowling Isle of Surrey (1891) 171 In the plutonian darkness under the bridge.

1900 Daily Chron. 20 Jan. 4/4 Stopping at bewildering Plutonian stations [in the Boston subway].

1925 tr. J. Verne 20,000 Leagues under Sea ii. vi. 249 Since that time to our days, the Plutonian work has been suspended.

1992 S. Sontag Volcano Lover i. ii. 25 The Cavaliere had discovered in himself a taste for the mildly plutonian.

2. Geology. = Plutonic adj. 2. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective]

fire-born?a1656

igneous1661

Plutonic1794

pyrogenous1821

Plutonian1823

pyrogenic1823

1823 E. Hitchcock in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 6 74 There is reason to believe that..those cases in which they [sc. strata] are more highly inclined are the result of some Plutonian convulsion.

1825 Q. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts Apr. 72 It would be easy to shew that the theories..of which we have now taken notice, contain the germs of those speculations and inquiries..under the name of Plutonian and Neptunian doctrines.

1860 All Year Round 4 250 The moon is the object in which to study plutonian action.

1928 Lancet 30 June 1342 The Vichy waters are plutonian rather than neptunian, and originate, it is believed, from a series of faults in the volcanic strata.

1966 Amer. Lit. 38 57 (note) Foster..points out that Melville in Mardi made use of two prevalent theories concerning the origin of the earth, the ‘Plutonian’ theory, which suggested creation by volcanic eruption, and the ‘Neptunian’.

3. Of or relating to the planetary body Pluto; resembling or suggestive of Pluto.

ΚΠ

1930 Science 19 Dec. Suppl. p. xiv/2 Studying the way that Neptune..is pulled out of its proper path by the Plutonian attraction.

1941 Cosmic Stories Mar. 49/2 The Plutonian night was cold and blue. But Lance didn't feel the cold as he stepped from the observatory airlock in his bulbous space-suit.

1973 Sat. Rev. World (U.S.) 25 Sept. 20/3 In Plutonian outer circles drifted people who'd only just got in at the door.

1992 Sci. Amer. Aug. 13/2 One half of a Plutonian year, or 124 terrestrial years.

2000 A. Reynolds Revelation Space xix. 302 Then came a Plutonian world—not much more than a captured cometary husk, with two attendant moons.

B. n.

1. Geology. = Plutonist n. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > theory of formation of earth > theorist > [noun] > internal heat

volcanist1790

vulcanist1794

Plutonist1799

Plutonian1828

magmatist1944

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Plutonian, n. One who maintains the origin of mountains, etc. to be from fire. Journ. of Science.

1877 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. 6 686 In the status of the existing controversy, we are reminded of the old struggle between the Neptunians and the Plutonians.

1987 Social Stud. Sci. 17 6 Many of them experienced such distress in trying to fit the observations to it [sc. Werner's theory] that they switched and became staunch ‘plutonians’.

2. An (imagined or hypothetical) inhabitant of Pluto.

ΚΠ

1931 S. H. Coblentz in Wonder Stories Q. Spring 323/2 Not less than eight or ten distinguished-looking Plutonians had been summoned for the occasion.

1959 D. A. Wollheim Secret of Ninth Planet 168 They knew from these what the Plutonians had looked like, and they had a suspicion of what had happened.

2004 Nation 5 July An utterly alien event, stranger by far than Martians or Plutonians landing in the high school gym.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plutonian
释义	Plutonianadj.n. Brit. /pluːˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S. /pluˈtoʊniən/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Plūtōnius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Plūtōnius belonging to the god Pluto ( < Hellenistic Greek Πλουτώνιος < ancient Greek Πλούτων Pluto (see Pluto n.¹) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare Middle French, French plutonien (1579 in sense A. 1, 1816 in sense A. 2). Compare slightly earlier Plutonic adj., Plutonical adj. A. adj. 1. = Plutonic adj. 1. Also, by extension: dark, gloomy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] nethereOE hellena1225 infernalc1374 infern?a1513 hellish1530 helly1532 Avernal?1548 hellic1566 subterrestrial1592 Plutonic1596 Acherontic1597 Plutonical1599 Stygian1601 subterranean1603 Plutonian1604 Acherontical1610 subterraneous1631 subterraneal1643 Tophetical1684 pandemoniac1793 submundane1805 subterrene1809 netherworld1828 pandemonic1833 Acheronian1849 transacherontic1854 Avernian1864 trans-Stygian1899 1604 W. Herbert Prophesie Cadwallader sig. E Plutonian Princesse sacred Proserpine. 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 38 'Tis tru they retain it still upon their coines of gold and silver, in honour of your Plutonian Highnesse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 444 He..from the dore Of that Plutonian Hall, invisible Ascended his high Throne. View more context for this quotation 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ III. iii. 38 'Tis their..Plutonian Diversion, to make or keep those poor Scholars or Authors still more wretchedly needy and more miserably indigent. 1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon II. 247/2 Styx, a river of the Plutonian dominions. 1831 E. A. Poe Raven in Poet. Wks. 47 Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore. 1889 R. Dowling Isle of Surrey (1891) 171 In the plutonian darkness under the bridge. 1900 Daily Chron. 20 Jan. 4/4 Stopping at bewildering Plutonian stations [in the Boston subway]. 1925 tr. J. Verne 20,000 Leagues under Sea ii. vi. 249 Since that time to our days, the Plutonian work has been suspended. 1992 S. Sontag Volcano Lover i. ii. 25 The Cavaliere had discovered in himself a taste for the mildly plutonian. 2. Geology. = Plutonic adj. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] fire-born?a1656 igneous1661 Plutonic1794 pyrogenous1821 Plutonian1823 pyrogenic1823 1823 E. Hitchcock in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 6 74 There is reason to believe that..those cases in which they [sc. strata] are more highly inclined are the result of some Plutonian convulsion. 1825 Q. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts Apr. 72 It would be easy to shew that the theories..of which we have now taken notice, contain the germs of those speculations and inquiries..under the name of Plutonian and Neptunian doctrines. 1860 All Year Round 4 250 The moon is the object in which to study plutonian action. 1928 Lancet 30 June 1342 The Vichy waters are plutonian rather than neptunian, and originate, it is believed, from a series of faults in the volcanic strata. 1966 Amer. Lit. 38 57 (note) Foster..points out that Melville in Mardi made use of two prevalent theories concerning the origin of the earth, the ‘Plutonian’ theory, which suggested creation by volcanic eruption, and the ‘Neptunian’. 3. Of or relating to the planetary body Pluto; resembling or suggestive of Pluto. ΚΠ 1930 Science 19 Dec. Suppl. p. xiv/2 Studying the way that Neptune..is pulled out of its proper path by the Plutonian attraction. 1941 Cosmic Stories Mar. 49/2 The Plutonian night was cold and blue. But Lance didn't feel the cold as he stepped from the observatory airlock in his bulbous space-suit. 1973 Sat. Rev. World (U.S.) 25 Sept. 20/3 In Plutonian outer circles drifted people who'd only just got in at the door. 1992 Sci. Amer. Aug. 13/2 One half of a Plutonian year, or 124 terrestrial years. 2000 A. Reynolds Revelation Space xix. 302 Then came a Plutonian world—not much more than a captured cometary husk, with two attendant moons. B. n. 1. Geology. = Plutonist n. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > theory of formation of earth > theorist > [noun] > internal heat volcanist1790 vulcanist1794 Plutonist1799 Plutonian1828 magmatist1944 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Plutonian, n. One who maintains the origin of mountains, etc. to be from fire. Journ. of Science. 1877 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. 6 686 In the status of the existing controversy, we are reminded of the old struggle between the Neptunians and the Plutonians. 1987 Social Stud. Sci. 17 6 Many of them experienced such distress in trying to fit the observations to it [sc. Werner's theory] that they switched and became staunch ‘plutonians’. 2. An (imagined or hypothetical) inhabitant of Pluto. ΚΠ 1931 S. H. Coblentz in Wonder Stories Q. Spring 323/2 Not less than eight or ten distinguished-looking Plutonians had been summoned for the occasion. 1959 D. A. Wollheim Secret of Ninth Planet 168 They knew from these what the Plutonians had looked like, and they had a suspicion of what had happened. 2004 Nation 5 July An utterly alien event, stranger by far than Martians or Plutonians landing in the high school gym. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1604
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