Ordovician

Or·do·vi·cian

adjective \ˌȯr-də-ˈvi-shən\

Definition of ORDOVICIAN

: of, relating to, or being the period between the Cambrian and the Silurian or the corresponding system of rocks — see geologic time table

— Ordovician noun

Origin of ORDOVICIAN

Latin Ordovices, ancient people in northern Wales

First Known Use: 1879

Rhymes with ORDOVICIAN

acoustician, acquisition, admonition, aesthetician, air-condition, ammunition, apparition, apposition, coalition, co-edition, competition, composition, cosmetician, decommission, decondition, definition, demolition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, disquisition, electrician, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, first edition, imposition, in addition, inanition, in commission, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intromission, intuition, linguistician, logistician, malnutrition, malposition, manumission, mathematician, mechanician, micturition, obstetrician, on commission, opposition, parturition, politician, precognition, precondition, premonition, preposition, proposition, recognition, recondition, repetition, requisition, rescue mission, rhetorician, self-ignition, statistician, submunition, superstition, supposition, text edition, trade edition, transposition