Centaurian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus.

    "The Centaurians are remarkable people, but move slowly."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.

    "Balzac, a centaurian mesomorph, projects these elegant ectomorphs as creatures of a hierarchic dream."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants.

Example

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"Balzac, a centaurian mesomorph, projects these elegant ectomorphs as creatures of a hierarchic dream."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From centaur + -ian.

Etymology 2

From Centaurus + -ian.

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