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Ti·tian

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–noun

1.	(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.

2.	(lowercase) a reddish-brown or golden-brown color: hair of titian.

–adjective

3.	(lowercase) having titian color: titian hair.

—Related forms

Ti·tian·esque, adjective

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ti·tian Audio Help (tĭsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
n. A brownish orange.

[After Titian (from his frequent use of the color in his paintings).]

ti'tian adj.

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Ti·tian Audio Help (tĭsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
Italian painter who introduced vigorous colors and the compositional use of backgrounds to the Venetian school. His works include the altarpiece The Assumption of the Virgin (1518).

Ti'tian·esque' adj.

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