aquarian meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

aquarian

adjalso spelled Aquarian

UK /əˈkwɛə.ɹi.ən/ · US /əˈkwɛ.ɹi.ən/

Etymology By surface analysis, vitell- + -arian.

Of or relating to an aquarium.

noun

Etymology By surface analysis, vitell- + -arian.

A person who keeps an aquarium.

Some aquarians are fond of “rock-work,” and ornament their tanks with oddly grouped bits of stone, piled together […]1859, The Young Men's Magazine, volume 2, page 208:

adj

Etymology From Aquarius + -an.

Astrology, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences Of or pertaining to the astrological sign of Aquarius.

Pertaining to the Age of Aquarius and its associations in New Age culture of the 1960s and 1970s.

The Boomers had been the ones who'd ushered in an era of inclusiveness, diversity, and Aquarian dreams for a more humane society.2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties, Twelve Books:

noun

Etymology From Aquarius + -an.

Astrology, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences A person born under the astrological sign of Aquarius.

Thus I read in the newsprints that "fortune" favors Scorpions this month but extravagance and rashness should be avoided Aquarians and Sagittarians should live quietly.1947 November 14, Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News, Tecoma, Vic., page 8, column 2:

Dated Hippie, New Ager.

His [Walt Disney's] Fantasia was revived recently at a New York theater and, overnight, there they were, lined up outside, the beaded and bearded Aquarians, making such a box-office hit of the 30-year-old film that it is now being booked into cities and college towns all across the country.1970 April 3, William Zinsser, “Walt Disney's secret freakout”, in LIFE, Time Inc, page 13:

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