Plutonic

plutonic plutònic English Etymology en ine-pro *plew- From en grc Πλούτων Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld (from grc πλοῦτος riches, wealth (ultimately from en ine-pro *plew- to fly; to flow; to run) + grc -ων) en ic suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’. The English word is cognate with frm plutonique (modern fr plutonique of or pertaining to Pluto, the underworld, or the interior of the Earth).adj. and n 146258 September 2006 yes; adj Pronunciation en /pluːˈtɒnɪk/ RP en /pluˈtɑnɪk/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Plutonic.wav US en plu ton ic Adjective en Greek mythology Roman mythology en Plutonian of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal. en Hadean Plutonic Plutonian Tartarean Thesaurus:infernal en by extension en Plutonian of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful. en cimmerian tenebrous ; dismal melancholic Thesaurus:dark Thesaurus:sad The Sins of Prince Saradine a dark, handsome lady, of no little majesty, and rather like a plutonic Madonna en by extension geology mineralogy Of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth. en abyssal intrusive Plutonian These cliffs, I may remark, are basaltic, and therefore plutonic. en by extension geology historical Of, pertaining to, or supporting en plutonism the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again. en en Plutonian Alternative forms en plutonic Translations of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust Catalan: ca plutònic Finnish: fi plutoninen, fi syvä syvä- see syväkivi French: fr plutonique Galician: gl plutónico German: de plutonisch Italian: it plutonico Norwegian: Bokmål: nb plutonisk Portuguese: pt plutónico Portugal, pt plutônico Brazil Romanian: ro plutonic Spanish: es plutónico Turkish: tr plutonik References en eponyms en Rocks