titian
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4ADJ.
vivid
VERB + TITIAN
admitted
TITIAN + NOUN
hair, prie, ts
PREP.
among, on
Definitions
noun
A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
adj
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.
adj
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; […]
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4It 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.
WiktionaryUpon his return from Africa, he was honoured with the triumphal ornaments, and admitted among the Titian prieſts, and the prieſts of Auguſtus.
WiktionaryOn the Titian arch it is sculptured, but remains now in only a mutilated state; […]
WiktionaryThere 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
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