centaurian

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English

Etymology

From centaur +‎ -ian.

Adjective

centaurian (comparative more centaurian, superlative most centaurian)

  1. Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur. [from 17th c.]
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      Balzac, a centaurian mesomorph, projects these elegant ectomorphs as creatures of a hierarchic dream.
  2. (chiefly science fiction, with capital initial) Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants. [from 20th c.]
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