chthonian
pronunciation
How to pronounce chthonian in British English:
UK ['θɒnɪən]
How to pronounce chthonian in American English:
US ['θɒnɪrn]
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- Adjective:
- of the underworld
Word Origin
- chthonian (adj.)
- 1804, from Latinized form of Greek khthonios (see chthonic) + -an.
Example
- 1. In this chthonian world the only thing of importance is orthography and punctuation . It doesn 't matter what the nature of the calamity is , only whether it is spelled right .
- 2. Sometimes hot jupiters or hot neptunes live too close to their stars for comfort . Once their stars roast these exoplanets and rip at them with their gravity , they might blow the gas completely off them , leaving behind rocky cores scientists have dubbed chthonian planets or evaporated remnant cores .