Hesperian
See also: hesperian
English
Etymology
From Latin Hesperius + -ian.
Adjective
Hesperian (comparative more Hesperian, superlative most Hesperian)
- Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 630-632:
- the parting Sun/ Beyond the Earth’s green Cape and verdant Isles/ Hesperian sets
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- Of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs
- of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian
Proper noun
Hesperian
- An inhabitant of the western lands
- 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
- Our wild Hesperians humanize at last
- 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
- The Hesperian geological time period of Mars
Related terms
- Hesperia
Anagrams
- Seraphine, seraphine