Etymology Named after Titian (Italian Tiziano), the Italian painter who made frequent use of this colour.
1
A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
titian
adj
Etymology Named after Titian (Italian Tiziano), the Italian painter who made frequent use of this colour.
1
Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold, especially in reference to hair.
It was not the kind of face he had expected to see at all. It was young, smooth-skinned, heart-shaped, surrounded by an aura of vivid titian hair that coiled luxuriantly.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 80:
Titian
adj
Etymology From Latin Titiānus (“of or relating to Titus; a male given name”), from Titus + -iānus. By surface analysis, Titus + -ian.
1
Of or relating to Titus Tatius, a king of the Sabines according to the Roman foundation myth.
Upon his return from Africa, he was honoured with the triumphal ornaments, and admitted among the Titian prieſts, and the prieſts of Auguſtus.1748, An Universal History from the Earliest Account of Time, volume 14, page 476:
2
Of or relating to the Roman emperor Titus (r. 79–81 AD).
On the Titian arch it is sculptured, but remains now in only a mutilated state; […]1861, The People's Dictionary of the Bible, volume 1, page 267: