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Rigelian

Rigelian

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Having to do with the star Rigel or creatures from Rigel in stories
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɪdʒəlin/
  • Literature
: rigeliano
  • The Rigelian technology was far more advanced than anything we had on Earth.

Examples

  • Attending our university under the one-sided intergalactic student exchange program imposed by our Rigelian "visitors," they had been peaceful enough, busy with the mediated courses we supervise (now most of our curriculum), until that morning when they fell out over some trivial question of miscegenation.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • WHEREAS the Supreme Galactic Council intends to destroy this university in retaliation for the extra-duel death of a Rigelian student, a probable first step in the ultimate destruction of our planet as our visitors tire of their "New Frontier;" and

    Fiction book (2000)

  • In the science fiction novel, the Rigelian inhabitants had developed unique abilities to communicate telepathically.

  • Many movies depict Rigelian characters as having green skin and large eyes.

Surface Forms

Rigelian positive

Morphology

Rigelian = Rigel (opaque) = Rigel + ian

The suffix '-ian' is clear, but without prior knowledge of 'Rigel' as a star, the meaning is not transparent.

Etymology

Rigelian comes from the bright star Rigel, whose name comes from an old Arabic word meaning 'foot' or 'leg'. Think of it like Martian, which means someone from Mars: Rigelian means 'relating to Rigel' or to beings imagined to come from that star.