[1810–20; auror(a) + -ean]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, dynamic, knockout, liberalism, realism-ean an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea. Other words that use the affix -ean include: Saussurean, Tacitean, zephyrean