Related Searches
on Ask.com
Nearby Entries
Tyrian - 4 dictionary results
Tyr⋅i⋅an
[tir-ee-uh
n] 
–adjective
| 1. | of or pertaining to ancient Tyre or its people. |
| 2. | of the color of Tyrian purple. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To Tyrian
Tyrian
Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. ?.]1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people. 2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple. The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye. --Pope. Tyrian purple, or Tyrian dye, a celebrated purple dye prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under Purple, n., 1, and Purple of mollusca, under Purple, n.Tyrian
Tyr"i*an\, n. [L. Tyrius.] A native of Tyre.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Tyrian
1513, from L. Tyrius "of Tyre," from Tyrus, island-city in the Levant, from Gk. Tyros, from Hebrew/Phoenician tzor, lit. "rock, rocky place." Especially in ref. to Tyrian purple, a dye made there in ancient times from certain mollusks.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
