Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centaurian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tau-ri-an
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.

adj

Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants.

noun

An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus.

Example Sentences

"Balzac, a centaurian mesomorph, projects these elegant ectomorphs as creatures of a hierarchic dream."
"The Centaurians are remarkable people, but move slowly."
"Jack proposed to record a Centaurian’s vocabulary with English equivalents, and the dictawriter, hearing the queer hoots the strange creature uttered, would pick out a card which would then cause a speaker to enunciate its English synonym."
"Suppose that in a few years we are visited by a race of benevolent and rational beings from Alpha Centauri that have free will and an advanced culture. […] Suppose further that after they figure out our languages we realize the Centaurians are moral beings who act on reflectively endorsed and rationally appraised principle. We can now ask, “What is of moral value for the Centaurians?”"

Etymology

From centaur + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: centaur, Centaurus

Inflected Forms

more centaurian (comparative) most centaurian (superlative) Centaurians (plural)

Questions

What does centaurian mean?: Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.
Where does centaurian come from?: From centaur + -ian.

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