Hesperian

See also: hesperian

English

Etymology

From Latin Hesperius +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Hesperian (comparative more Hesperian, superlative most Hesperian)

  1. Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 630-632:
      the parting Sun/ Beyond the Earth’s green Cape and verdant Isles/ Hesperian sets
  2. Of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs
    • 2003, “When Girls Telephone Boys”, in Chino Moreno (lyrics), Deftones, performed by Deftones:
      Always the same old taste, just new injury / Well, I'll wear the claws if you'd like that / Yeah, if you'd like that, we can ride on a black horse / A great new wave Hesperian death horse / I can call you when I get back / Yeah, when I get back I will call
  3. Of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian

Proper noun

Hesperian

  1. An inhabitant of the western lands
    • 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:
      Our wild Hesperians humanize at last
  2. The Hesperian geological time period of Mars

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