Hesperian

See also: hesperian

English

Etymology

From Latin Hesperius +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Hesperian (comparative more Hesperian, superlative most Hesperian)

1. Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 630-632:

     the parting Sun/ Beyond the Earth’s green Cape and verdant Isles/ Hesperian sets

2. Of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs
3. of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian

Proper noun

Hesperian

1. An inhabitant of the western lands
   • 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:

     Our wild Hesperians humanize at last

2. The Hesperian geological time period of Mars

Related terms

• Hesperia

Anagrams

• Seraphine, seraphine