Uranian , adj :
(comparable, literary, poetic) Celestial, heavenly; uranic. (comparable, literary, archaic) Homosexual; (specifically) relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys; pederastic; also, of poetry: conveying appreciation for young men. (not comparable, Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus: heavenly, spiritual, as contrasted with the earthly aspect of Aphrodite Pandemos. (not comparable, Greek mythology, dated) Relating to Urania, the Muse of astronomy. (not comparable, by extension, historical, rare) Of or pertaining to astronomy; astronomical. [...] (not comparable, astronomy) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus. To mark the premiere of English composer Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite The Planets on 29 September 1918, we are featuring a series of words relating to the planets in the Solar System. One of the suite’s movements is Uranus, the Magician, composed in 1915.
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