tartarian
/ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/
Etymology
From Tartar + -ian.
tartarian means of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
adj
- 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?”
- 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.”
name
- The language of the Tartars; Tatar.
noun
- 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.”
- 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.