/tiˈɑːɹə/, /tiˈɑɹə/, /tiˈæɹə/
OriginBorrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára), of unknown ultimate origin.
- The three-tiered papal crown.
- An ornamental coronet.
“I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass. 'Ah, ”
“[T]heir tiaræ are like those of the magi; […]”
“The Bactrians wore tiaræ like the Persians, with bamboo bows, and short javelins.”
- rare, transitiveTo adorn as a tiara.
“Brilliants tiaraed her head.”
“Small platters of various provender succeed each other rapidly; fish, pastry, creams, then perhaps stews again of goose, turkey, peacock, vegetables, and then sweets again, without any regard to the p”
“Deem not alone the high insignia set / Where crimsoned cross or smouldering stake doth rise; / Hath e’er Humanity’s arch coronet / Tiaraed the bright beings of the skies?”
- rare, transitiveTo adorn with a tiara.
“He tiaraed her head.”
“Old Dandolo! and where are they who learned / To feel the fire with which thy bosom burned, / The sons, who caught from thee the spark divine, / And made their country worthy to be thine; / Laid conqu”
“Comely Betty Clayton, the eighth Miss Lifeguard and the current Miss Manasquan (she was the queen of the Hook and Ladder Ball) tiara-ed her successor, who seems to be following in the former queen’s f”
- A female given name from English from the noun tiara
Formstiaras(plural) · tiarae(plural, rare) · tiaræ(archaic, plural, rare) · tiaras(present, singular, third-person) · tiaraing(participle, present) · tiaraed(participle, past) · tiaraed(past)