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Definition: TYRIAN |
TYRIANAdjective1. Being of the color called Tyrian purple. 2. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people. Noun1. A native of Tyre. |
Date "TYRIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Crosswords: TYRIAN |
| English words defined with "TYRIAN": Purple of mollusca. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Virgil | I make no distinction between Trojan and Tyrian. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "TYRIAN" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "TYRIAN" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 85.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "TYRIAN": tyrian dye ♦ tyrian purple. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
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2000 download full tyrian | 6 | download full game tyrian | 2 |
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2000 download free tyrian | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "TYRIAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | surlu kimse, sur şehrine ait. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: rainy, riant, train. | |
-2 letters: airn, airt, airy, anti, arty, ayin, nary, rain, rani, rant, tain, tarn, tiny, tray, tyin, yarn. | |
-3 letters: ain, air, ait, ani, ant, any, art, nay, nit, ran, rat, ray, ria, rin, rya, tan, tar, tin, try, yar, yin. | |
-4 letters: ai, an, ar, at, ay, in, it, na, ta, ti, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: riantly, trinary, unitary. | |
+2 letters: banditry, caryotin, gyniatry, gyrating, gyration, infantry, interlay, intraday, karyotin, minatory, partying, sanitary, stingray, straying, tanistry, tarrying, trainway, tyramine, tyrannic, urbanity, vanitory. | |
+3 letters: ancientry, anhydrite, antiparty, antiquary, antistory, aroynting, arytenoid, betraying, cabinetry, carnality, caryotins, certainly, certainty, crayonist, dignitary, dynamiter, estraying, eyestrain, gratingly, gyrations, hydrating, hydration, insectary, interlays, interplay, intricacy, itinerary, karyotins, labyrinth, linearity, martyring, maternity, matrimony, normality, painterly, paternity, patrimony, planarity, pratingly, profanity, radiantly, rancidity, rantingly, ratifying, reliantly, signatory, stingrays, trainways, tyramines, tyrannies, tyrannise, tyrannize, unclarity, unitarily, unreality, vibrantly, yattering. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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