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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ian, suffix. - -ian is used to form nouns and adjectives with the meanings of -an:Orwell + -ian → Orwellian (= interested in, or relating to, the writing of George Orwell);Washington + -ian → Washingtonian (= a person who lives in Washington).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ian suffix - a variant of -an: Etonian, Johnsonian
Etymology: from Latin -iānus I•an (ē′ən, ē′än, ī′ən),USA pronunciation n. - a male given name, Scottish form of John.
-ian, - a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an;
-ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, esp. when the base noun ends in a consonant:Orwellian; Washingtonian.
- extracted from Latin loanwords in which -ānus -an is joined to stems ending in i
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -an, -ean, -ian suffix - (forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from: European
- (forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of: Elizabethan
- (forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of: Christian
- (forming nouns) a person who specializes or is expert in: dietitian, phonetician
Etymology: from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives |