Plutonian

[ ploo-toh-nee-uhn ]

/ pluˈtoʊ ni ən /

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adjective

Also Plu·ton·ic

[ploo-ton-ik]. /pluˈtɒn ɪk/. of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.

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Origin of Plutonian

1660–70; <Latin Plūtōni(us) (<Greek Ploutṓnios, derivative of PloútōnPluto) + -an

Words nearby Plutonian

plutocracy, plutocrat, plutocratic, plutoid, pluton, Plutonian, plutonic, plutonism, plutonium, Plutus, pluvial

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How to use Plutonian in a sentence

Though the account is very interesting, I do not perceive its exact bearing on the Neptunian and Plutonian hypotheses.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
For a hundred miles to the Snake River this Plutonian gulf obliterates the land—holds it against occupation or travel.
The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories|Mary Hallock Foote
Perhaps I am the great mystery of their lives, an unexplained visitant from "the night's Plutonian shore."
A Son of the Middle Border|Hamlin Garland
The resemblance between the Devil of their imagination and a Plutonian is really astounding.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931|Various

The modern Plutonian in that dank cave was over ten feet tall, and it is easy to see why he dominated the assemblage.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Plutonian

Plutonian

/ (pluːˈtəʊnɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Pluto (the god) or the underworld; infernal

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