Atlantean [at-lan-tee-uh n, -luh n-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- pertaining to the demigod Atlas.
- having the strength of Atlas: He was of monumental girth and Atlantean power.
- pertaining to Atlantis.
Origin of Atlantean 1660–70; Latin Atlantē(us) (Greek Atlánteios of Atlas, equivalent to Atlant-, stem of Átlās + -eios adj. suffix) + -an Examples from the Web for atlantean Historical Examples of atlantean
There was a sharp question from the Atlantean who had spoken before.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930
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I am, however, not enamoured of the Atlantean or any other theory.
Harold Bayley
From behind he could hear the infuriated shouts of the Atlantean army.
Astounding Stories, February, 1931
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The writer was once in a studio where a man, six feet two inches in height, with atlantean shoulders, was sitting for King Alfred.
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The book was written by one Deucalion, who seems to have been a priest or general—or perhaps both—and he was an Atlantean.
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
British Dictionary definitions for atlantean Atlantean adjective
- literary of, relating to, or like Atlas; extremely strong
- of or connected with Atlantis