See Also: Canarian(dictionary)

Sardanapalian (iou) and Canarian (iou)


Sardanapalian (iou)



Sardanapalian adjective. M19.
[from Latin Sardanapalus, Greek Sardanapalos, name given by Greek historians to the proverbially decadent last king of Assyria c 627 BC (prob. not a historical character): see -IAN.]
Resembling Sardanapalus and his attributes; luxuriously effeminate.
Earlier
Sardanapalical adjective: only in M16.

Canarian (iou)



Canarian noun & adjective. M17.
[formed as CANARY noun + -IAN.]
A. noun. A native or inhabitant of the Canary Islands. M17.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa. L18.