Hercynian

British  

/ hɜːˈsɪnɪən /

adjective

1. denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic

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Etymology

Origin of Hercynian

C16: from Latin Hercynia silva the Hercynian forest (i.e., the wooded mountains of central Germany, esp the Erzgebirge)

Example Sentences

Hercynian, her-sin′i-an, adj. of or pertaining to the forest-covered mountain region of northern Germany—apart the Harz Mountains.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

It is supposed to be a part of the Hercynian Forest.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

In the Altai Mountains they are represented by limestones of Coblentzien age with a fauna possessing Hercynian features.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

At about the same period a civil dissension among the Chatti—a powerful German race within the Hercynian forest— resulted in the expatriation of a portion of the people.

From The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 01: Introduction I by Motley, John Lothrop

They flocked from the Hercynian forests, away off in Bohemia or Hungary, and swarmed over the Alps; they followed the river Po in its course, and they came into the region of the Apennines too.

From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur