Mississippian Definition

mĭsĭ-sĭpē-ən
adjective
Of the Mississippi River.
Webster's New World
Of the state of Mississippi.
Webster's New World
Designating or of the first geologic subdivision or epoch of the Carboniferous Period, characterized by the development of vast limestone deposits, an abundance of ferns, amphibians, and crinoids, and the first winged insects.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a Native American culture flourishing throughout the southern Mississippi Valley and much of southeastern North America from about 1000 ad until contact with Europeans, characterized especially by the establishment of permanent towns, settled agriculture, regional chiefdoms, and the construction of large earthworks serving as ceremonial centers.
American Heritage
noun
A person born or living in Mississippi.
Webster's New World
The Mississippian Period.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Lower Carboniferous period
  • lower carboniferous
  • Missippian period

Other Word Forms of Mississippian

Noun

Singular:
Mississippian
Plural:
mississippians

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mississippian

  • the Mississippian

Origin of Mississippian

  • Adj., sense 2, and n., sense 2, from the fact that rocks dating from the period are exposed in the Mississippi Valley

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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