lutetian
/luːˈtiːʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to ancient Lutetia.
adj
adj
Of or pertaining to the Lutetian age.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Lutetia.
name
A subdivision of the Eocene epoch.
Example Sentences
- "The activity of the Lutetian shippers and navigators covered the territory bathed by the Seine, the Marne, and the Oise, all of them quite navigable."
- "[...] not long before I took him to the Aerogare, he gave the last of his Lutetian homilies [...]"
- "It is important to note that the Lutetian sediments occurring in the area under investigation were distinguished as limestone and flysch during previous studies also."
- "It is possible that, when they left their islands, a justifiable concern for their own safety in wartime led the Lutetians to settle at the points that were least exposed to aggression."
- "There are good reasons for believing that the “Paniselian” is a local shallow-water representative of the lower part of the Lutetian."
Etymology
From Lutetia + -an; geological sense coined by French geologist Albert de Lapparent in reference to the Paris Basin.