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Etymology
From Middle English aqua (borrowed from Latin aqua) + -n (adjective and inhabitant suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aquan (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the sea.
The aquan vessel travelled north from the harbour.
- Of or pertaining to water.
Cordial is an aquan substance.
Noun
aquan (plural aquans)
- (science fiction, rare) An inhabitant of the sea.
2020, Thomas Parrott, “To Catch a Thief”, in Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells, editor, KeyForge: Tales from the Crucible, page 155:One of the patrol enforcers, "hubbers" as they were known, that were bustling about stopped to give a sympathetic burble. They were an aquan, living in a pressure suit that kept them suspended in water.