Tyrian
English
Adjective
Tyrian (comparative more Tyrian, superlative most Tyrian)
- From or relating to Tyre.
- Of a purple colour characteristic of Tyre.
- 1747, Thomas Gray, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
- Still had she gazed; but 'midst the tide
- Two angel forms were seen to glide,
- The Genii of the stream;
- Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue
- Thro' richest purple to the view
- Betrayed a golden gleam.
- 1747, Thomas Gray, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
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relating to Tyre
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