aurelian meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

aurelian

adjalso spelled Aurelian

Etymology From aurelia + -an.

Pertaining to or resembling an aurelia; gold-coloured, golden.

Reverts his face, and pausing flings / Soft showers of roses from aurelian wings.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 134:

noun

Etymology From aurelia + -an.

Obsolete A collector of butterflies.

adj

Etymology From Latin Aurelianus, derivative of the gens name Aurelius (“golden”).

Characteristic of the Roman emperor Aurelius

noun

Etymology See aurelia (“a chrysalis”).

Archaic An entomologist devoted to the study of butterflies and moths.

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