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gorillian en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English gorilla Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English gorillian From gorilla + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, rare) of, relating to, or resembling a gorilla.
    • […] the voices of animals begin to open to the dramaturgical. The gorilla's visual (chest pounding) and auditory (roaring) gestures are simultaneously posturing and actions, creating the aura that is distinctively gorillian. 2012, Don Ihde, Listening and Voice: Phenomenologies of Sound, Second Edition:
    • Barton was gorillian of build, all of it muscle, and Churchillian of jaw, all of it stubborn, but for all that amazingly good at not trampling over the authority of village elders. 1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 77: