Plutonian

[ ploo-toh-nee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Also Plu·ton·ic [] of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.

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

Though the account is very interesting, I do not perceive its exact bearing on the Neptunian and Plutonian hypotheses.

For a hundred miles to the Snake River this Plutonian gulf obliterates the land—holds it against occupation or travel.

Perhaps I am the great mystery of their lives, an unexplained visitant from "the night's Plutonian shore."

The resemblance between the Devil of their imagination and a Plutonian is really astounding.

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

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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