Parian

See also: parían

English

Etymology

From Paros +‎ -ian.

Noun

Parian (plural Parians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Paros.
  2. A ceramic ware, a kind of bisque porcelain, supposed to resemble the fine-textured white marble of Paros.

Synonyms

Adjective

Parian (comparative more Parian, superlative most Parian)

  1. Of or relating to the Greek island of Paros.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Parian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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