Hesperian

[ he-speer-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. western; occidental.
2. of or relating to the Hesperides.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of a western land.

Hesperian

/ hɛˈspɪərɪən /

adjective

1. poetic.
   western
2. of or relating to the Hesperides

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of a western land

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hesperian¹

1540–50; < Latin Hesperi ( us ) of, toward the West (< Greek hespérios western, derivative of hésperos evening, Hesperus ) + -an

Example Sentences

Did you, indeed, look up inimitably into a Hesperian sky, or was this firmament the creation of the painter's art?

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On our way we stopped to admire a great bitter-sweet orange-tree, which seemed to make "Hesperian fables true."

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But his unstinted enjoyment of this Hesperian paradise lasted for little more than two short weeks.

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Austin he had always associated with his Lucy in that Hesperian palace of the West.

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On the 14th, on board the Allan liner Hesperian, aged 73, the Rt.

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