amphiscian means that lives in the tropics (and thus casts shadows northward and southward at different times of the year). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “amphiscian” is a great word
AMPHISCIAN — [Adjective] Relating to or inhabiting the tropics, where the sun at noon may cast a shadow either northward or southward at different times of the year. From the Ancient Greek ἀμφίς (amphís, "both ways") and σκιά (skiá, "shadow") + the English suffix -an. Unlike "heteroscian," which denotes a temperate dweller of fixed shadow, or "periscian," which describes a polar inhabitant of a sweeping, circular shadow, the amphiscian condition is one of annual duality. It is the sundial whose gnomon points north in July and south in January, the courtyard pillar tracing a short silhouette first against one wall, then the opposite, and the tree whose midday shade seeks opposite walls in June and December. To stand at the center is to live by the sun's seasonal indecision—a quiet testament to being perfectly poised between two halves of the world.
adj
- That lives in the tropics (and thus casts shadows northward and southward at different times of the year).
noun
- One who lives in the tropics (and thus casts shadows northward and southward at different times of the year).