Mercutian

English Etymology 1 From en Mercury -ian. en -t-? Adjective - en chiefly sci-fi now rare en Mercurian of or relating to the planet Mercury. en 1931 November w:P. Schuyler Miller Tetrahedra of Space w:Hugo Gernsback w:Wonder Stories 3 6 738 https://archive.org/details/wonder-stories-v-03n-02-1931-07/Wonder%20Stories%20v03n06%20%281931-11%29/page/738/mode/1up?q=%22Mercutian%22 Aside from the vegetation which they were so methodically blasting, the Mercutian tetrahedra—for such Professor Hornby swore they were and such we later found them to be—had not yet come into real contact with the life of our planet, much less its master, Man. Noun en sci-fi now rare en Mercurian inhabitant of the planet Mercury. Proper noun en science fiction now rare en Mercurian hypothetical language spoken on Mercury. en 1931 November w:P. Schuyler Miller Tetrahedra of Space w:Hugo Gernsback w:Wonder Stories 3 6 738 https://archive.org/details/wonder-stories-v-03n-02-1931-07/Wonder%20Stories%20v03n06%20%281931-11%29/page/743/mode/1up?q=%22Mercutian%22 He drilled in the idea of rain, until he was sure he had made his point, securing various Mercutian expressions of disgust and dislike. He found a word for “rain”—really coined one, for it did not seem to exist in Mercutian. It was a combination of “water” and “up,” so as to be quite clear, with a double-ruffle of emphasis to characterize it. Further reading 2601 Mercutian n.1 1 2603 Mercutian n.2 1 2602 Mercutian adj Etymology 2 From en Mercutio -ian. Adjective - en literature Relating to or characteristic of Mercutio, a character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1597). en 1938 w:Edgar I. Fripp The Inns of Court and Chancery 36 Shakespeare: Man and Artist 1 London w:Oxford University Press 1964 1014549268 254 https://archive.org/details/shakespearemanar0001edga/page/254/mode/1up?q=%22Mercutian%22 It includes also the ‘black-mistress’ sonnets, in which Shakespeare puts himself, as in defiance of courtly compliment to women, in intimate and sarcastic situations, and some half-dozen Mercutian indecencies, better confined to the frivolous circle of their birth or the privacy of the artist’s sketchbook. en William Shakespeare en eponyms