Aquarian

//əˈkwɛə.ɹi.ən// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person born under the astrological sign of Aquarius.

    "Thus I read in the newsprints that "fortune" favors Scorpions this month but extravagance and rashness should be avoided Aquarians and Sagittarians should live quietly."

  2. 2
    A person who keeps an aquarium.

    "Some aquarians are fond of “rock-work,” and ornament their tanks with oddly grouped bits of stone, piled together […]"

  3. 3
    Hippie, New Ager. dated

    "His [Walt Disney's] Fantasia was revived recently at a New York theater and, overnight, there they were, lined up outside, the beaded and bearded Aquarians, making such a box-office hit of the 30-year-old film that it is now being booked into cities and college towns all across the country."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the astrological sign of Aquarius. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of or relating to an aquarium. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Pertaining to the Age of Aquarius and its associations in New Age culture of the 1960s and 1970s. not-comparable

    "The Boomers had been the ones who'd ushered in an era of inclusiveness, diversity, and Aquarian dreams for a more humane society."

Synonyms

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aquarialaquarial

Example

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"The Boomers had been the ones who'd ushered in an era of inclusiveness, diversity, and Aquarian dreams for a more humane society."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Aquarius + -an.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, vitell- + -arian.

Related phrases

age of aquariusastrological signnew age

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