Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dweller near the sea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A dweller by the sea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who lives by the
sea
Etymologies
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oroboros commented on the word paralian
One who lives near the sea.
August 20, 2008
frogapplause commented on the word paralian
oroboroslian: one who lives near oroboros
August 20, 2008
oroboros commented on the word paralian
:o)
August 21, 2008
glypheme commented on the word paralian
This is a really pretty word! Great meaning, and it's got a certain cellar door quality about it.
March 18, 2014
ry commented on the word paralian
made me think of amphiscian
March 18, 2014
qms commented on the word paralian
This is a charming word. It flows trippingly from the tongue and is useful. I would love to embrace it. But when a word is first encountered and its entry has no etymology I cannot be sure that it is not some Wordnik's fanciful coinage.
I have found this elsewhere:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Gr. pa`ralos near the sea; para` beside + "a`ls the sea
An etymology is not merely entertaining. It serves to authenticate the word. This is especially important when no usage examples are supplied. I wish Wordnik failed less often in this regard.
March 18, 2014