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Tartarian en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Tartar + -ian, Tartary + -an, or Tartaria + -n
Meanings
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Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric.
Then hauing paſt Armenian deſerts now,
And pitcht our tents vnder the Georgean hills,
Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues,
That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:
What ſhould we doe but bid them battel ſtraight,
And rid the world of thoſe deteſted troopes?
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
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Tartarian lamb · Tartarian honeysuckle · Tartarian aster
Tartarian en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Tartar + -ian, Tartary + -an, or Tartaria + -n
Meanings
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(archaic) A Tartar.
Two, or Three Honest Men […] should be Skilfull in Far-Forreyn-Languages: As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik Vulgar, the Turkish, the Tartarien, the Chiny Language, the Canadien, and the Islandish, &c.
1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation:
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(dated) Any of various varieties of cherry. The Black Tartarian is a sweet cherry from Russia; the White Tartarian is a French variety of the early 1800s.
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Tartarian en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Tartar + -ian, Tartary + -an, or Tartaria + -n
Meanings
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(archaic) The language of the Tartars; Tatar.
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Tartarian en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Tartar(us) + -ian.
Meanings
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Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal.
(Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 153:
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