aurorean

American

[aw-rawr-ee-uhn, aw-rohr-, uh-rawr-, uh-rohr-] / ɔˈrɔr i ən, ɔˈroʊr-, əˈrɔr-, əˈroʊr- /

adjective

belonging to the dawn; auroral.

Etymology

Origin of aurorean

First recorded in 1810–20; auror(a) ( def. ) + -ean

Example Sentences

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It is 'the tender eye-dawn of aurorean love' that he shows us—the happy, sweet, almost childish passion of two young creatures who move, in absolute innocence and beauty, through a wondrous world of their own.

From Landmarks in French Literature by Strachey, Giles Lytton

Sometimes her glimmer rises in the twilight, but it is in the black night of revolutions and of wars that her resplendence blazes forth, and her aurorean dawn becomes the Aurora Borealis.

From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Hugo, Victor

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