Parian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
Parian (countable and uncountable, plural Parians)
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of Paros.
- A ceramic ware, a kind of bisque porcelain, supposed to resemble the fine-textured white marble of Paros.
- Synonyms: parianware, Parian marble
Translations[edit]
- Greek: please add this translation if you can
Adjective[edit]
Parian (comparative more Parian, superlative most Parian)
- Of or relating to the Greek island of Paros; (specifically), designating a type if fine white marble for which the island was renowned in antiquity. [from 17th c.]
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 13:
- The girl was without a tinge of colour, but very fair; the soft white of the Parian marble strongly contrasted with hair of the most ebon black...
- Designating or resembling a type of fine white porcelain resembling Parian marble. [from 19th c.]
- 1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 115:
- Her eyes were wide open. There were morsels of liquid moonlight between their parian lids.
References[edit]
- “Parian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.