Mercurian

See also: mercurian

English

Etymology

Mercury +‎ -ian

Adjective

Mercurian

of or relating to Mercury (the planet)

Noun

Mercurian (plural Mercurians)

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Mercury.
(astrology) One who is mercurial.
- 1995, Man, Myth & Magic:
  When a Mercurian is connected with the arts, it is often possible to discern a lack of the heavy, thoroughgoing seriousness which some artists seem to feel is the least that life deserves.
- 2000, Madame La Roux, The Practice of Classical Palmistry, →ISBN, page 113:
  The thumb of a Mercurian has a tendency to be stiff, as they love money and may have difficulty sharing it.
- 2016, Ellen Goldberg & Dorian Bergen, The Art and Science of Hand Reading, →ISBN:
  Unfortunately yellow color is not unusual to find in the palm of a Mercurian.

Translations

someone from Mercury

Basque: merkuriar (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水星人 (Shuǐxīng-rén)
Esperanto: merkurano (male or female), merkuranino (female)
French: Mercurien (fr) m, Mercurienne f

German: Merkurianer m, Merkurianerin f, Merkurbewohner m, Merkurbewohnerin f, Merkurmensch m
Japanese: 水星人 (すいせいじん, Suisei-jin)
Romanian: mercurian m
Russian: меркуриа́нец m (merkuriánec), меркуриа́нка f (merkuriánka), меркуриа́не pl (merkuriáne)
Spanish: mercuriano (es) m, mercuriana f

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