Acroceraunian

English

Etymology

Latin Acroceraunius, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high, heights”) + κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”).

Adjective

Acroceraunian (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Of or relating to the Ceraunian Mountains
   • 1854, Herman Melville, The Lightning-Rod Man:

     What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof.

Translations

relating to the mountain range

• Portuguese: acroceráunio

References

• “Acroceraunian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.