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Cyprian

adj, name, noun

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Adjective

1
Cypriot archaic
2
lewd, licentious obsolete

Adjective

1
resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus wordnet
2
of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture wordnet

Proper Noun

1
Saint Cyprian, a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage, theologian, martyr, and saint
2
Cyprian, a saint figure celebrated alongside Justina in the Coptic and Eastern Orthodox Churches (and formerly in the Roman Catholic Church)

Noun

1
Cypriot archaic
2
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus wordnet
3
A lewd woman; a harlot. obsolete
4
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Cyprianus.

Etymology 2

From Cyprus + -ian. In the sense of a lewd woman: because Cyprus was the place where Aphrodite was worshipped.

Etymology 3

From Cyprus + -ian. In the sense of a lewd woman: because Cyprus was the place where Aphrodite was worshipped.

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