chian

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈkiən/

Definition of chian

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.

“Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom.”
“More capacious bowls bring hither, boy, and the Chian wine or the Lesbian: or what might restrain this flowing qualm;”

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adj

Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.

“Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom.”
“More capacious bowls bring hither, boy, and the Chian wine or the Lesbian: or what might restrain this flowing qualm;”

noun

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From Chios + -an.

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