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Tyrian

Tyrian adjective: from or relating to Tyre, Lebanon.

Adjective

Tyrian (comparative more Tyrian, superlative most Tyrian)

  1. From or relating to Tyre, Lebanon.
  2. Having a purple colour produced by the dye Tyrian purple.
    • Still had she gazed; but 'midst the tide
      Two angel forms were seen to glide,
      The Genii of the stream;
      Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue
      Thro' richest purple to the view
      Betrayed a golden gleam.1747, Thomas Gray, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
    • It was no longer torture-torn and hateful, as I had seen it when she was cursing her dead rival by the leaping flames, no longer icily terrible as in the judgment-hall, no longer rich, and sombre, and splendid, like a Tyrian cloth, as in the dwellings of the dead.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Noun

Tyrian (plural Tyrians)

  1. Person from Tyre.

Forms of Tyrian

Adjective
comparativemore Tyrian
superlativemost Tyrian
Noun
pluralTyrians

Origin of Tyrian

From Tyre + -ian.

Words formed from Tyrian

Phrases with Tyrian

Words that rhyme with Tyrian

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Tyrian

What does Tyrian mean?
Tyrian means from or relating to Tyre, Lebanon.
What part of speech is Tyrian?
Tyrian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Tyrian in the dictionary

  1. tyres
  2. Tyrese
  3. tyretskite
  4. Tyrez
  5. Tyrfing
  6. Tyrian
  7. Tyrian purple
  8. Tyrian purples
  9. Tyrians
  10. tyriasis
  11. Tyrifjorden

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