Plutonic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pluːˈtɒnɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pluˈtɑnɪk/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonique (modern French plutonique (“of or pertaining to Pluto, the underworld, or the interior of the Earth”)).
Meanings
- (Greek, Roman) Synonym of Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal”).
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(broadly) Synonym of Plutonian (“of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful”).
a dark, handsome lady, of no little majesty, and rather like a plutonic Madonna
1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sins of Prince Saradine”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:
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(broadly) Of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth.
These cliffs, I may remark, are basaltic, and therefore plutonic.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- (broadly, historical) Of, pertaining to, or supporting 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”).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plutonic | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more Plutonic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Plutonic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
unconsolable · cimmerian · sombre · shady · plaintive · down in the dumps · swarthy · uncheery · dim · shattered · Plutonic · umbrageous · infernal · unlively · heartsore · heartsick · tenebrous · ruthful · melancholic · low-spirited · caliginous · grieving · adumbral · lumpish · Plutonian · darksome · dull · despondent · infelicitous · solemn · hellish · Hadean · Plutonian · dusky · tenebrous · Acherontic · crepuscular · Plutonian · sullen · leaden · lachrymose · dismal · Tartarean · blitheless · lugubrious · elegiac · dolesome · woeful · lamentful · heavy-hearted · subtartarean · moody · darkling · tenebrose · downcast · twilightish · obscure · threnetical · down · querulous · gloomy · sorrow-ridden · doleful · stygian · mournful · gloomy · dull · tristful · melancholy · dispirited · sorrowsome · somber · Plutonian · forlorn · threnetic · Plutonian · disheartened · woebegone · Plutonic · blear · triste · disconsolate · depressed · dismal · low · Plutonian · chopfallen · uncheerful · wretched · helly · passionate · wistful · downsome · grief-stricken · dejected · joyless · glum · infernal · lightless · Hadean · morose · saddened · disgruntled · chapfallen · saturnine · dimpsy · down in the mouth · crestfallen · spiritless · downhearted · murky · dingy · Tartarean · damp · unilluminated · abyssal · mopey · fuliginous · sorrowful · unhappy · sad · elegious · mirksome · sombrous · intrusive · dark · bummed out · cut up · Plutonic · sunless · atrabiliary · miserable · cheerless · inconsolable · murksome · Plutonian · blue · atrabilious · stygian · jawfallen · woe · cimmerian · melancholic
Translations (13)
pt plutónico (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · ca plutònic (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · pt plutônico (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · es plutónico (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · fi syvä- (see syväkivi) (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · it plutonico (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · tr plutonik (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · nb plutonisk (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · ro plutonic (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · fr plutonique (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · fi plutoninen (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · de plutonisch (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) · gl plutónico (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust)