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Tartarian¹

  • /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/ UK
  • /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ US

Rhymes with -ɛəɹiən

Where it comes from

From Tartar + -ian, Tartary + -an, or Tartaria + -n

noun Tartarians · Tartarean

  1. archaic A Tartar. 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.
  2. dated 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.

proper noun Tartarean

  1. archaic The language of the Tartars; Tatar.

adjective more Tartarian · most Tartarian · Tartarean

  1. Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric. 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?

Tartarian²

  • /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/ UK
  • /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/ US

Rhymes with -ɛəɹiən

Where it comes from

From Tartar(us) + -ian.

adjective more Tartarian · most Tartarian · Tartarean

  1. Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal. (Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings.

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@misc{tartarian_2026,
  title = {Tartarian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tartarian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}