Tyrian
英 ['tiriən]
美
- adj. 提尔的;提尔人的;提尔文化的;古提尔紫的
- n. 提尔人;提尔紫
英文词源
- Tyrian (adj.)
- 1510s, from Latin Tyrius "of Tyre," (Latin Tyrus), island-city in the Levant, from Greek Tyros, from Hebrew/Phoenician tzor, literally "rock, rocky place." Especially in reference to Tyrian purple, a dye chemically similar to indigo, made there in ancient times from certain mollusks (Murex brandaris).