Jurassic

Definition

Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland.

Example Sentences

• "His father squinted at the skeleton. “What is it, Jurassic?” “Jeez. No. Cretaceous.” “Cretaceous? What's the difference between Cretaceous and Jurassic?” “Only about a hundred million years,” Tim said. “Cretaceous is older?” “No, Dad, Jurassic is older.”"
• "The Jurassic, the Spanish and the Italian federations and sections of the International Working Men's Association, as also the French, the German and the American anarchist groups, were for the next years the chief centres of anarchist thought and propaganda."
• "Those fears and excuses seem positively Jurassic more than eighty years later."