Tartarian

[ tahr-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a Tartar or the Tartars, the Mongolian and Turkish tribes who overran Asia and much of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

Tartarian

/ tɑːˈtɛərɪən /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of Tatarian See Tatarian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tartarian¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; Tartar, -ian

Example Sentences

“When Prometheus brought fire to mankind — in a tube of fennel, as you may remember, with his brother Epimetheus — Zeus punished him by chaining him to a Tartarian crag, while his liver was pecked out.”

From Washington Post

Black Tartarian is a Heart cherry that would be good to try in the backyard.

From Washington Times

The flowers of Tartarian honeysuckle have no smell.

From Literature

Tartarian honeysuckle reminded me of Tartarus, the land of the dead in Virgil’s Aeneid, the underworld, where the shades of the dead whispered in the shadows.

From Literature

The vine was Tartarian honeysuckle, a weed that grows in waste places and on abandoned ground.

From Literature