Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word URANIAN
URANIAN
Definitions of URANIAN
- (comparable, literary, poetic) Celestial, heavenly; uranic.
- (comparable, literary, archaic) Homosexual; also, pederastic; relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys; (specifically) of poetry: conveying appreciation for young men.
- (not comparable, Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the earthly aspect known as Aphrodite Pandemos: heavenly, spiritual.
- (not comparable, Greek mythology, dated) Relating to Urania, the Muse of astronomy.
- (not comparable, by extension, historical, rare) Of or pertaining to astronomy; astronomical.
- (literary, archaic) A male homosexual; also, a pederast; a man engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy.
- (astronomy) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus. [from 1830s]
- (chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Uranus. [from 1830s]
- (mineralogy) Containing hexavalent uranium.
- Alternative letter-case form of Uranian.
Number of letters
7
Is palindrome
No
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