Lutetian

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Etymology

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From Lutetia +‎ -an; geological sense coined by French geologist Albert de Lapparent in reference to the Paris Basin.

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Lutetian (comparative more Lutetian, superlative most Lutetian)

  1. Of or relating to ancient Lutetia.
    • 2018, William Walton, Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day‎[2], volume 1:
      The activity of the Lutetian shippers and navigators covered the territory bathed by the Seine, the Marne, and the Oise, all of them quite navigable.
  2. (poetic, by extension) Parisian.
    • 1989, Richard Howard, No Traveller‎[3], page 21:
      [...] not long before I took him to the Aerogare, he gave the last of his Lutetian homilies [...]
  3. (geology) Of or pertaining to the Lutetian.
    • 1971, Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey‎[4]:
      It is important to note that the Lutetian sediments occurring in the area under investigation were distinguished as limestone and flysch during previous studies also.

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Lutetian (plural Lutetians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Lutetia.
    • 1964, Marcel Brion, Paris in Color‎[5], page 56:
      It is possible that, when they left their islands, a justifiable concern for their own safety in wartime led the Lutetians to settle at the points that were least exposed to aggression.

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Lutetian

  1. (geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Eocene epoch.
    • 1921, Henry Woodward, Geological Magazine, volume 58, page 198:
      There are good reasons for believing that the “Paniselian” is a local shallow-water representative of the lower part of the Lutetian.

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References

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  1. ^ Grambs, David (1997) The Endangered English Dictionary‎[1], page 99
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