Septentrional
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛpˈtɛntrɪənəl/
Origin
From Latin septentrionalis, from septentriones ("seven ploughoxen"), a name for the constellations now known as Ursus Major and Ursus Minor, which appear in the northern sky.
Full definition of septentrional
Adjective
septentrional
- (rare, literary) Pertaining to the north; northern.
- 1901, George Gissing, By the Ionian Sea, chapter 9.Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly PowersWell, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.