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Memphian adj.

Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt; hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.

Of or pertaining to the city of Memphis in Tennessee.

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Etymology of 'Memphian'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Memphian" Quotes from Famous Books

... the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arched embower; or scattered sedge Afloat, when with fierce winds Orion armed Hath vexed the Red-Sea coast, whose waves o'erthrew Busiris and his Memphian chivalry, While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen, who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcases And broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown, Abject and lost, lay these, covering ...

— Paradise Lost • John Milton

... her Lord's Olympian smile His lotus-loving Memphian lies, - The musky daughter of the Nile With plaited hair ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes

... on the wall, Quite common in those countries, are a kind Of monitors adapted to recall, Like skulls at Memphian banquets, to the mind The words which shook Belshazzar in his hall, And took his kingdom from him: You will find, Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, There is ...

— Don Juan • Lord Byron

... as I sing for the story land Across the Syrian sea. The odorous winds from the musky sand Were breaths of life to me. They play with the plumes of the whispering palm For me, alas! no more; Nor more does the Nile in the moonlit calm Moan past the Memphian shore. ...

— Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ • Lew Wallace