tartarian
/ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
adj
Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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?"
- "(Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/
- British English: /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Tartarians (plural)
Tartarean (alternative)
more Tartarian (comparative)
most Tartarian (superlative)