titian
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titian¹
- /ˈtɪʃən/
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
Named after Titian (Italian Tiziano), the Italian painter who made frequent use of this colour.
noun titians
- A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
adjective more titian · most titian
- Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold, especially in reference to hair. 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.
Titian²
- /ˈtɪʃən/
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Latin Titiānus (“of or relating to Titus; a male given name”), from Titus + -iānus. By surface analysis, Titus + -ian.
adjective more Titian · most Titian
- Of or relating to Titus Tatius, a king of the Sabines according to the Roman foundation myth. Upon his return from Africa, he was honoured with the triumphal ornaments, and admitted among the Titian prieſts, and the prieſts of Auguſtus.
- Of or relating to the Roman emperor Titus (r. 79–81 AD). On the Titian arch it is sculptured, but remains now in only a mutilated state; […]
proper noun Titians
- various Christian saints
- Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 1576), an Italian Renaissance painter. 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 p
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noun bright auburn colour
| Español | castaño cobrizo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 金茶色 kinchairo |
| Português | vermelho ticiano |
| Français | rouge Titien |
| Deutsch | Tizianrot |
| Italiano | rosso tiziano |
| Ελληνικά | κοκκινοχρυσό kokkinochrysó |
| Română | roșu-auriu, arămiu |
| Русский | тициан tician |
| Tiếng Việt | màu hung bóng, màu hung sáng |
adj of a bright auburn colour
| Español | castaño cobrizo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 金茶色の kinchairo no |
| Português | ticiano |
| Français | Titien |
| Deutsch | tizianrot |
| Italiano | tiziano, tizianesco, rosso tiziano |
| Ελληνικά | κοκκινοχρυσός kokkinochrysós |
| Română | roșu-auriu, arămiu |
| Русский | тициановый ticianovyj |
| Tiếng Việt | hung bóng, hung sáng |
adj of or relating to Titus
| Français | titien |
|---|
Talk about this word "titian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/titian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. titian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/titian "titian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/titian.Cite this
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title = {titian},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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