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Tyrian

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Tyrian [ˈtɪrɪən]
n
1. (Historical Terms) a native or inhabitant of ancient Tyre
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) short for Tyrian purple [2]
adj
(Historical Terms) of or relating to ancient Tyre
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Nor were their ornaments like those in use to-day, set off by Tyrian purple, and silk tortured in endless fashions, but the wreathed leaves of the green dock and ivy, wherewith they went as bravely and becomingly decked as our Court dames with all the rare and far-fetched artifices that idle curiosity has taught them.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
He saw it creeping into the stained trumpet of a Tyrian convolvulus.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
Already the pavement was drying; a balmy and fresh breeze stirred the air, purified by lightning; I felt the West behind me, where spread a sky like opal; azure immingled with crimson: the enlarged sun, glorious in Tyrian tints, dipped his brim already; stepping, as I was, eastward, I faced a vast bank of clouds, but also I had before me the arch of an evening rainbow; a perfect rainbow--high, wide, vivid.
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