artesian

[ ahr-tee-zhuhn ]

adjective

1. noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.

Other Words From

• subar·tesian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of artesian¹

1820–30; < French artésien pertaining to Artois ( Old French Arteis Artois + -ien -ian ), after the wells of this kind in the region

Example Sentences

Water powers the hydroelectric dam, flushes the fish passage, provides drinking water via an on-site filtration system and gushes out of the earth from an 800-foot artesian well to heat Breitenbush’s structures and fill its pools.

From Seattle Times

Instead, they rely on artesian wells.

From Washington Times

Instead, they rely on artesian wells.

From Seattle Times

David Gilmour, a Canadian-born entrepreneur who in the 1990s built a luxury resort on Wakaya, a tiny island he owned in Fiji, then created Fiji Natural Artesian Water, turning a local resource into a leading bottled brand, died on June 11 in Manhattan.

From New York Times

What is clear, in each case, is that the tears are coming from an extremely deep place, like the purest artesian well water.

From New York Times