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Mercurian

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A person or creature imagined to live on the planet Mercury

noun
/mɜrˈkjʊəriən/

: mercuriano

The comic book series features a team of heroes known as the Mercurians, who possess unique abilities derived from their home planet.

Examples

My advice, fellow Mercurians?

Me and Orson Welles (2008)
McCoog, Thomas M., ed. The Mercurian Project: Forming Jesuit Culture, 1573-1580. Original Studies Composed in English, vol. 18. Saint Louis: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2004. Pp. xxx + 992. $80.

Academic text (2004)
In the latest science fiction novel, the author describes a group of Mercurians who have adapted to the harsh conditions of their planet.
Many scientists are fascinated by the possibility of discovering Mercurians on the surface of Mercury.

Surface Forms

Mercurian singular

Mercurians plural

Morphology

Mercurian = Mercury (transparent) = Mercury + ian

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ian' to 'Mercury'; the noun sense (a resident or inhabitant) follows a regular derivational pattern.

Etymology

Mercurian names a person or creature from the planet Mercury. The word comes from Mercury, the planet named for the fast Roman messenger god, which is why a Mercurian means 'a being from Mercury'.