I. |hə|tōnēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: James Hutton died 1797 Scottish geologist + English -ian
: of or relating to the views of the Scottish geologist James Hutton
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: an adherent of Huttonian theories (as uniformitarianism) of geology
• hut·to·ni·an·ism -ēəˌnizəm noun -s usually capitalized