| 释义 |
-arian -ariansuff. Believer in; advocate of: utilitarian.
[Latin -ārius, -ary + -an.]-arian suffix forming nouns indicating a person or thing that advocates, believes, or is associated with something: vegetarian; millenarian; librarian. [from Latin -ārius -ary + -an]Ar•i•an (ˈɛər i ən, ˈær-)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to Arius or Arianism. n. 2. an adherent of Arianism. [1525–35; < Late Latin] -arian a suffix forming personal nouns corresponding to Latin adjectives ending in -ārius or English adjectives or nouns ending in -ary (librarian; proletarian); subsequently productive in English with other Latinate stems, forming nouns denoting a person who supports, advocates, or practices a doctrine, theory, etc., associated with the base word: authoritarian; vegetarian. [< Latin -āri(us) or -ary + -an1] |