Associations to the word «Tyrian»

Wiktionary

TYRIAN, adjective. From or relating to Tyre.
TYRIAN, adjective. Of a purple colour characteristic of Tyre.
TYRIAN, noun. Person from Tyre.
TYRIAN PURPLE, noun. A deep purple dyestuff obtained from the bodies of mollusks of the genus Murex
TYRIAN PURPLE, noun. A deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
TYRIAN PURPLE, adjective. Of a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
TYRIAN PURPLES, noun. Plural of Tyrian purple

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats