First Known Use: 1879
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Ordovician
adjective Or·do·vi·cian \ˌȯr-də-ˈvi-shən\
Definition of ORDOVICIAN
: of, relating to, or being the period between the Cambrian and the Silurian or the corresponding system of rocks — see geologic time table
— Ordovician noun
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Origin of ORDOVICIAN
Latin Ordovices, ancient people in northern Wales
Rhymes with ORDOVICIAN
acoustician, acquisition, admonition, aesthetician, air-condition, ammunition, apparition, apposition, coalition, co-edition, competition, composition, cosmetician, decommission, decondition, definition, demolition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, disquisition, electrician, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, first edition, imposition, in addition, inanition, in commission, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intromission, intuition, linguistician, logistician, malnutrition, malposition, manumission, mathematician, mechanician, micturition, obstetrician, on commission, opposition, parturition, politician, precognition, precondition, premonition, preposition, proposition, recognition, recondition, repetition, requisition, rescue mission, rhetorician, self-ignition, statistician, submunition, superstition, supposition, text edition, trade edition, transposition
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