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neptunist

noun
nep·​tun·​ist | \ -nə̇st\
plural -s

Definition of neptunist

: one holding the now obsolete theory that all of the rocks of the earth's crust were formed by the agency of water — compare plutonist

History and Etymology for neptunist

International Scientific Vocabulary neptun- (from Latin Neptunus) + -ist

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