English Explanatory Dictionary

Lokian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of Loki, the Norse trickster god.
  2. Being or pertaining to an intra-patera volcanic eruption, one confined inside a patera (caldera).

Word forms

Lokian more Lokian most Lokian

Etymology

From Loki + -an. The volcanic sense derives from the volcano named Loki on Io (its most powerful volcano and largest caldera).

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