atlantean
/ətˈlænti.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis.
noun
A pillar or statue in the form of an architectural atlas.
adj
Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength
adj
Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas
adj
Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures
adj
Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.
adj
flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean
Example Sentences
- "1847, M. Bodichon, Études sur l'Algérie, translated in Nott & Gliddon, 1854, Types of mankind, The Atlanteans, among the ancients, passed for the favorite children of Neptune; they made known the worship of this god to other nations"
- "This pyramid has been restored and the tall statues, called Atlanteans (Los Atlantes), have been erected on its summit."
- "With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear / The weight of mightiest Monarchies."
- "1940, WHD Rouse, trans. of Nonnus, Dionysiaca I [Elektra] shall pass from the earth to the stars’ Atlantean vault, and dwell in heaven"
- "Arms outstretched, an Atlantean statue of Jesus welcomes a diver in the mysterious depths off Ambergris Caye"
- "2002, Vadim Joseph Rossman, Vidal Sassoon, International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim), Russian Intellectual Antisemitism in the Post-Communist Era, Barkashov saw a critical difference between Atlantis and Hyperborea in the organization of labor. The Atlantean economy, he claims, was based on the use of the mass slave labor in agriculture and crafts, while the Aryan civilization did not employ slaves nor tolerate slavery."