Tartarian

noun
/ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/UK/ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/US

Etymology

From Tartar(us) + -ian.

  1. derived from *dʰreyd- — “to have diarrhea
  2. derived from *dr̥ti- — “manure, feces
  3. derived from درد — “dreg
  4. derived from دُرْدِيّ
  5. derived from τάρταρον
  6. derived from tartarum
  7. derived from tartre
  8. suffixed as tartarian — “Tartar + ian

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Any of various varieties of cherry. The Black Tartarian is a sweet cherry from Russia

    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.

  3. The language of the Tartars

    The language of the Tartars; Tatar.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars

      Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric.

    2. Pertaining to Tartarus

      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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Tartarian. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tartarian. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at tartarian

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA