Saturnian

Saturn +‎ -ian

• IPA^(key): /sæ.tɜː(ɹ)n.jən/

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Saturnian (comparative more Saturnian, superlative most Saturnian)

1. (astronomy) Related to the planet Saturn.
2. Related to the Roman god Saturn.
3. Dour, baleful or sullen.
4. Resembling a golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.
   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:

     Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times

5. (poetry) Involving a meter consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, employed by satirists in Ancient Rome.

• Cronian
• Kronian
• Saturnial
• Saturnine

Saturnian (plural Saturnians)

1. (science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Saturn.
2. A Saturnian poem

• Turanians, naturians, nutarians