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plutonic

adjective
plu·​ton·​ic | \ plü-ˈtä-nik How to pronounce plutonic (audio) \

Definition of plutonic

1 : formed by solidification of magma deep within the earth and crystalline throughout plutonic rock
2 often capitalized : plutonian

Examples of plutonic in a Sentence

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 Simon O’Neill unleashed a gleaming, live-steel tenor, and Franz-Josef Selig’s plutonic bass made for an imposing Hunding. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Andris Nelsons, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra bring the thunder with ‘Walküre’," 29 July 2019

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First Known Use of plutonic

1596, in the meaning defined at sense 2

History and Etymology for plutonic

Latin Pluton-, Pluto

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