Lutetian
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A native or inhabitant of Lutetia.
"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."
- 1 Of or pertaining to ancient Lutetia.
"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."
- 2 Parisian. broadly, poetic
"[...] not long before I took him to the Aerogare, he gave the last of his Lutetian homilies [...]"
- 3 Of or pertaining to the Lutetian age.
"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."
- 1 A subdivision of the Eocene epoch.
"There are good reasons for believing that the “Paniselian” is a local shallow-water representative of the lower part of the Lutetian."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Lutetia + -an; geological sense coined by French geologist Albert de Lapparent in reference to the Paris Basin.
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