(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:41:46

Tar"tar*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. tartareux.]

Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.

 

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Tar"tar*ous (?), a.

Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.

The Tartarous moods of common men. B. Jonson.

 

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