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Pompeiian

/ pɒmˈpeɪən; -ˈpiː- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Pompeii or its inhabitants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Pompeii
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The colors now in vogue for hall carpets are crimson or Pompeiian reds, with small figures of moss-green or peacock-blue.

The style is Pompeiian, the general tone is some what like marble, but relieved by a touch of color.

All these facts mark the Surgeon's house as belonging to the earliest Pompeiian age of which traces still exist.

The carpet comes in Pompeiian red, with moss-green and peacock-blue patterns.

It is hardly worth seeing after the Flavian and the Pompeiian.

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