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titian
/ˈtɪʃən/
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What does titian mean?
noun
- A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
adjective
- Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold, especially in reference to hair.
- Of or relating to Titus Tatius, a king of the Sabines according to the Roman foundation myth.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Of or relating to the Roman emperor Titus (r. 79–81 AD).
proper noun
- various Christian saints
- Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 1576), an Italian Renaissance painter.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɪʃən/
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Francis went out, on the customary travellers’ pilgrimage to the shrines of Titian and Tintoret.
There is no single recipe for making the perfect tea, as there are no rules for producing a Titian or a Sesson.
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Small wonder it was that Titian should love to paint mountains, and that he should be the first to paint a purely landscape picture.
Whoever would learn the utmost that may be done with copper hairs of Titian red, must study the fantastic coiffure of a telephone Switchboard.
Her eyes were fixed, but her thoughts were wandering, and an image more vivid than any that Raphael or Titian had drawn had superposed itself upon the canvas.