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Tarpeian Definition

Tar·peian (-ən)

adjective

designating or of a cliff on the Capitoline Hill in Rome from which traitors to the state were hurled to their death

Etymology: L Tarpeianus, after Tarpeia: see Tarpeia

Browse dictionary entries near Tarpeian

  1. ‹ Tarpeia
  2. ‹ tarpaulin
  3. ‹ tarp
  4. ‹ tarot
  5. ‹ taroc
  6. ‹ taro
  7. ‹ tarnish
  8. ‹ tarnation
  9. ‹ tarn
  10. ‹ tarmacadam
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  3. tarradiddle ›
  4. tarragon ›
  5. tarriance ›
  6. tarry ›
  7. tars- ›
  8. tarsal ›
  9. Tarshish ›
  10. tarsi ›