Tartarean

[ tahr-tair-ee-uhn ]

/ tɑrˈtɛər i ən /

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adjective

of or relating to Tartarus; infernal.

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Origin of Tartarean

1615–25; <Latin Tartare(us) of Tartarus (see -eous) + -an

Words nearby Tartarean

tartan, tartanry, tartar, tartarated, tartare, Tartarean, tartar emetic, tartare sauce, Tartarian, Tartarian aster, Tartarian honeysuckle

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How to use Tartarean in a sentence

Their Tartarean situation might by some have been called an imprudent one for two unattended women.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
Tartarean regions have no worse woes, nor the Hell of Christians, than memory inflicts upon those who have done evil.
Aurelian|William Ware
A true Tartarean dignity sat upon her brow, and not factitiously or with marks of constraint, for it had grown in her with years.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
He stood on the bridge overwhelmed by the despair whose Tartarean blackness only twenty can experience.
The Mountebank|William J. Locke

Some say this Tartarean conqueror was called Timour or Temur-chi, and his origin is wrapt in mystery.
Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado|Alexander M'Allan

British Dictionary definitions for Tartarean

Tartarean

/ (tɑːˈtɛərɪən, -ˈtɑːrɪ-) /

adjective

literary of or relating to Tartarus; infernal

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