Tyrian
英 ['tiriən]
美
- adj. 提爾的；提爾人的；提爾文化的；古提爾紫的
- n. 提爾人；提爾紫
英文詞源
- 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).