Smyrnean

[ smur-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Smyrna, Turkey.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Smyrnean¹

1590–1600; < Latin Smyrnae ( us ) of Smyrna + -an

Example Sentences

For a certain Smyrnean woman had killed her husband and her son conceived of him, because her husband had slain her own son by her first marriage.

From Project Gutenberg

There are certain others," says Hippolytus, "who introduce clandestinely a strange doctrine, being disciples of one Noetus, who was by birth a Smyrnean, and lived not long ago.

From Project Gutenberg