Suessonianadj.n.

Brit.

/swɛˈsəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/swɛˈsoʊniən/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suessonien.

Etymology: < French suessonien ( A. d'Orbigny Cours élémentaire de paléontol. et de géol. stratigraphiques (1849) I. 157) < classical Latin Suessōnēs (also Suessiōnēs ), the name of a Gaulish tribe (probably < a derivative of Gaulish suex- six adj.) + French -ien -ian suffix.Classical Latin Suessōnēs is the etymon of the modern French place name Soissons.

Geology. Now rare or disused.

Designating a stage of the lower Eocene series, exemplified by some sedimentary deposits in southern Europe; of or relating to this stage. Also as n.: this series of rocks, or the period when they were deposited.

ΚΠ

1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) xi. 355 Alcide D'Orbigny divides the tertiary period into four stages, each characterised by a special fauna; which he has named Sub-apennine, Falunian, Parisian, and Suessonian.

1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 870 In Europe, as in America, the Suessonian epoch ushers in the genus Coryphodon. Hyracotherium also appears..and Pliolophus.

1937 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 30 7 The correlation of the Wasatch with the Suessonian is a well-documented and undisputed conclusion.

2004 Jrnl. World Prehist. 18 88 A Suessonian black flint of known distant origin is present in some Upper Capsian series.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suessonian
释义	Suessonianadj.n. Brit. /swɛˈsəʊnɪən/, U.S. /swɛˈsoʊniən/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suessonien. Etymology: < French suessonien ( A. d'Orbigny Cours élémentaire de paléontol. et de géol. stratigraphiques (1849) I. 157) < classical Latin Suessōnēs (also Suessiōnēs ), the name of a Gaulish tribe (probably < a derivative of Gaulish suex- six adj.) + French -ien -ian suffix.Classical Latin Suessōnēs is the etymon of the modern French place name Soissons. Geology. Now rare or disused. Designating a stage of the lower Eocene series, exemplified by some sedimentary deposits in southern Europe; of or relating to this stage. Also as n.: this series of rocks, or the period when they were deposited. ΚΠ 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) xi. 355 Alcide D'Orbigny divides the tertiary period into four stages, each characterised by a special fauna; which he has named Sub-apennine, Falunian, Parisian, and Suessonian. 1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 870 In Europe, as in America, the Suessonian epoch ushers in the genus Coryphodon. Hyracotherium also appears..and Pliolophus. 1937 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 30 7 The correlation of the Wasatch with the Suessonian is a well-documented and undisputed conclusion. 2004 Jrnl. World Prehist. 18 88 A Suessonian black flint of known distant origin is present in some Upper Capsian series. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1851
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