Tartarian
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A Tartar. archaic
"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."
- 2 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. dated
- 1 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?"
- 2 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."
- 1 The language of the Tartars; Tatar. archaic
Synonyms
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From Tartar + -ian.
From Tartar(us) + -ian.
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