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Webster 1913 Edition
Pluto
Plu′to
(plū′tō̍)
, pr.
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
Πλούτων
.] 1.
(Class. Myth.)
The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.
Pluto monkey
(Zool.)
, a long-tailed African monkey (
Cercopithecus pluto
), having side whiskers. The general color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is white.Definition 2024
Pluto
Pluto
See also: pluto
English
Pluto, photo taken July 2015
Pluto astronomical symbol
Pluto astrological symbol
Proper noun
Pluto
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
- (astronomy) Originally known as the ninth planet in the solar system but reclassified in 2006 as a dwarf planet; the brightest and first known Kuiper belt object; represented by the symbol ♇ in astronomy and in astrology.
Synonyms
- (astronomy): ♇ (symbol), Planet X (obsolete), (134340) Pluto, 134340 Pluto
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- post-Pluto
Translations
god
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Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet
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Derived terms
Terms derived from Pluto
See also
- (dwarf planets of the Solar System) dwarf planets of the Solar System; Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Varuna, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, Sedna
- (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra
- Cerberus
- underworld
- Planets, Wikipedia article
- plutonium
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpluto/
Proper noun
Pluto
Declension
| Inflection of Pluto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pluto | — | |
| genitive | Pluton | — | |
| partitive | Plutoa | — | |
| illative | Plutoon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pluto | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Pluto | — |
| gen. | Pluton | ||
| genitive | Pluton | — | |
| partitive | Plutoa | — | |
| inessive | Plutossa | — | |
| elative | Plutosta | — | |
| illative | Plutoon | — | |
| adessive | Plutolla | — | |
| ablative | Plutolta | — | |
| allative | Plutolle | — | |
| essive | Plutona | — | |
| translative | Plutoksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Plutotta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Anagrams
pluto
pluto
English
Verb
pluto (third-person singular simple present plutos, present participle plutoing, simple past and past participle plutoed)
- (neologism) To demote or devalue something.
- 2007 April 21, The Meerkat <the_meerkat@hotmail.com>, OT:Catholic Church ditches Limbo, aus.tv, Usenet.
- Limbo has been plutoed. No half way house any more. It's heaven or ****.
- 2007, Andrew Swift, The Daily Iowan - Opinion Column
- Winter is dead. The break the university community has just returned from is ostensibly known as winter break. But those who stayed in the Iowa City area know the sad truth: The four seasons Midwesterners grew up with have been Plutoed.
- 2007, Richard Davis, Courier Press - Entertainment Column
- I'm sure I looked really cool (or has that word been plutoed?) in my sneakers and old-fashioned Levis, next to jocks, Greek Life poster children, guys with Bluetooth headsets, and a young woman in ski boots and leotards that left little to the imagination.
- 2008 April 13, GET WISDOM! <sofatoye@sofatoye.com>, GET WISDOM! Understanding, GET WISDOM!, Usenet.
- As a result of...plutoing that class, I made room for another in-depth marketing class that will better serve me and you, my clients and readers.
- 2007 April 21, The Meerkat <the_meerkat@hotmail.com>, OT:Catholic Church ditches Limbo, aus.tv, Usenet.
External links
- American Dialect Society's Word of the Year (2006)
Anagrams
See also
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year