variant of suffix -an used with stem endings in -i, from Latin -ianus (-anus). In Middle English, frequently -ien, from words borrowed via French.
a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an; -ian, is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian .
Origin:
extracted from L loanwords in which -ānus -an is joined to stems ending in i
World English Dictionary
-an , -ean or -ian
— suffix
1. ( forming adjectives and nouns ) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from: European
2. ( forming adjectives and nouns ) typical of or resembling; a person typical of: Elizabethan
3. ( forming adjectives and nouns ) adhering to or following; an adherent of: Christian
4. ( forming nouns ) a person who specializes or is expert in: dietitian ; phonetician
[from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives]
-ean , -ean or -ian
— suffix
[from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives]
-ian , -ean or -ian
— suffix
[from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives]
1.utopian
adj.attractive and desirable but impracticable 烏托邦的；空想的 *u(=not),top(=place)
例句：The president's health care plan is utopian and can never be implemented.總統(tǒng)的保健計(jì)劃是不現(xiàn)實(shí)的，是絕對不可以實(shí)現(xiàn)的。
2.utilitarian
adj. characterized by usefulness rather than by beauty,truth ,goodness;of the Utilitarians and their ideas 功利的，實(shí)利的；功利主義（者）的
n. supporter of Utilitarianism 功利主義者 *ut(=use)
例句：These wonderfully-designed apartments are nothing like the utilitarian dwellings built by the government in the 1980's and 90's. 這些設(shè)計(jì)精良的公寓和二十世紀(jì)八九十年代政府建造的實(shí)用性住房完全不同。