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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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.

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