Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.) · One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.
词源说明
From Loki + -an. The volcanic sense derives from the volcano named Loki on Io (its most powerful volcano and largest caldera).
释义
形容词adjective
1Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of Loki, the Norse trickster god.
2Being or pertaining to an intra-patera volcanic eruption, one confined inside a patera (caldera).