Uranian

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹeɪnɪən/ (General American) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹeɪniən/ Rhymes: -eɪniən Hyphenation: Ura‧ni‧an === Etymology 1 === From Latin Ūrania (“muse of astronomy in Greek mythology”) +‎ -an (suffix forming agent nouns). Ūrania is derived from Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ourănĭ́ā, “muse of astronomy”), from οὐράνιος (ouránios, “of or relating to the sky, celestial, heavenly”) (from οὐρανός (ouranós, “the sky; heaven, home of the gods; the universe”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“rain”)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘pertaining to’). The alternative form Ouranian is derived from Ancient Greek οὐράνιος (ouránios). Adjective sense 2 (“homosexual”) and the noun sense (“a homosexual”) refer to Plato’s work Symposium (c. 385–370 B.C.E.), where the goddess Aphrodite, in her heavenly aspect Aphrodite Urania (see adjective sense 3) is described as inspiring a noble form of affection between older and younger men. Compare German Urning (“a homosexual, Uranian”), Urnigtum (“homosexuality”), also referring to Aphrodite Urania, coined by the German writer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–1895) in 1864. By the 1900s, the use of the word in this sense had largely been supplanted by homosexual (see further at that entry). The term is no longer mainstream and is almost never used in modern contexts, though it has enjoyed a slight revival as a term for "gay man" as an analogue to lesbian. ==== Adjective ==== Uranian (comparative more Uranian, superlative most Uranian) (comparable, literary, poetic) Celestial, heavenly; uranic. Antonyms: chthonian, (pertaining to the underworld) chthonic, earthbound, earthly, tellurian, telluric, (pertaining to the earth) terrestrial (comparable, literary, archaic) Homosexual; also, pederastic; relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys; (specifically) of poetry: conveying appreciation for young men. Synonyms: (historical) uranic, (obsolete) uranistic; see also Thesaurus:homosexual (not comparable, Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the earthly aspect known as Aphrodite Pandemos: heavenly, spiritual. Antonyms: pandemian, Pandemic (not comparable, Greek mythology, dated) Relating to Urania, the Muse of astronomy. (not comparable, by extension, historical, rare) Of or pertaining to astronomy; astronomical. Synonym: (archaic, rare) uranical ===== Alternative forms ===== Ouranian, ouranian uranian ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Uranian (plural Uranians) (literary, archaic) A male homosexual; also, a pederast; a man engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy. Synonyms: (archaic) uranist, (obsolete) urning; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Uranus +‎ -ian. ==== Adjective ==== Uranian (not comparable) (astronomy) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus. [from 1830s] ===== Alternative forms ===== uranian ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Uranian (plural Uranians) (chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Uranus. [from 1830s] ===== Translations ===== === Notes === === References === === Further reading === Uranian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Uranian (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia