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Pompeiian

/ pɒmˈpeɪən; -ˈpiː- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Pompeii or its inhabitants


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Pompeii

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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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