Nitrian
/ˈnɪtrɪən/adjective
Of, relating to, or designating the desert region of Nitria, to the west of Cairo in Egypt, especially as the place of settlement of a group of ascetic Christian hermit monks in the 4th cent.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From the name of the region of Nitria (Byzantine Greek Νιτρία, Hellenistic Greek Νιτρίαι (Strabo)) in Egypt + -an.
- stop-motion
- stop-off
- stop off (or over)
- stop one's ears
- stop out
- stopover
- stoppable
- stoppage
- stoppage time
- Stoppard, Sir Tom
- stop payment
- stopped diapason
- stopper
- stopping
- stopping point
- stopping train
- stopple
- stop press
- stop short
- stop short of
- stop someone dead
- stop someone short
- stop someone's mouth
- stop something down
- stop something out