单词 | tartarish |
释义 | tartarishadj.1 rare. 1. Of wine: Inclined to deposit tartar. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > containing or throwing sediment unracked1581 qually1669 tartarish1757 stubborn1797 dusty1886 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller ii. ii. 118 Without the peculiar Taste and Flavour of the Plant, but generally somewhat tartarish and limpid. 2. Of the eyes: Inclined to form concretions (cf. tartarous adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > concretion tartarish1808 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 4 My son is rather ailing just now..His eyes are as Tartarish as his sister's. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † Tartarishadj.2 Obsolete. rare. = Tartar adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Turk > [adjective] Tartarian1590 Tartarish1670 Tartarean1759 Tartaric1811 Tartarized1878 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > land of Tartars Tartarish1670 Tartarean1759 Tartaric1811 1670 London Gaz. No. 431/2 The Tartarish Envoye in this Court, presented the Count de Montecuculi with an excellent Tartarian Horse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.11757adj.21670 |
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