titian
/ˈtɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold, especially in reference to hair.
adj
Of or relating to Titus Tatius, a king of the Sabines according to the Roman foundation myth.
adj
Of or relating to the Roman emperor Titus (r. 79–81 AD).
name
A male given name from Latin, equivalent to Italian Tiziano, notably used in reference to
name
A male given name from Latin, equivalent to Italian Tiziano, notably used in reference to
Example Sentences
- "It was not the kind of face he had expected to see at all. It was young, smooth-skinned, heart-shaped, surrounded by an aura of vivid titian hair that coiled luxuriantly."
- "Upon his return from Africa, he was honoured with the triumphal ornaments, and admitted among the Titian prieſts, and the prieſts of Auguſtus."
- "On the Titian arch it is sculptured, but remains now in only a mutilated state; […]"
- "There are no evidences in these days of Michelangelos and Titians, who at the age of eighty or ninety could turn out stronger work than our people of thirty and forty today! Nowhere else in the world is there any such evidence. But there is a sympathy, a tenderness of understanding in these modern painters which is as typical of this age, as the titanic :power of the Tintorettos and Titians."
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Wiktionary places this term in People.
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Titian priest