riparian

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/ / /ɹɪˈpɛːɹɪən/

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.

Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
“By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach.”
“A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.”

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.

A person or other entity that lives or owns property along the shore of a river.