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Jurassic.

Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/
  1. Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.

    not-comparable
  2. Of or pertaining to the Mesozoic era as a whole.

    broadly · not-comparable · proscribed
  3. Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe.

    not-comparable
  4. Very old-fashioned and outdated.

    informal · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. The -assic suffix was extracted from Triassic.

name/d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/
  1. The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. The -assic suffix was extracted from Triassic.

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