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> the Venusian environment Everyone uses "Jovian" for Jupiter, and yet nobody uses "Venerean" for Venus... [The planets take adjectives in -an because, I assu
by thaumasiotes 1y ago
> the Venusian environment
Everyone uses "Jovian" for Jupiter, and yet nobody uses "Venerean" for Venus...
[The planets take adjectives in -an because, I assume, people didn't want to reuse "Martial", "Jovial", and "Venereal". In science fiction you also see "Terran" replacing "Terrestrial".
Interestingly, while martial and venereal are named after the gods, jovial and mercurial are named after the planets.]
- perihelions 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytherean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytherean
- thaumasiotes 1y agoIt's a little odd to complain that "venereal" is strongly associated with sex when you don't mind the planet being called "Venus".