The Collaborative International Dictionary
Memphian
Memphian \Mem"phi*an\, prop. a.
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.
Memphian
Memphian \Mem"phi*an\, prop. n. A native or resident of the city of Memphis in Tennessee.
Usage examples of "memphian".
Out of these shady demesnes rose the great white temples of Ptah and Apis, and the palaces of the various Memphian Pharaohs.
Snatch the curious prize, Give it a place among thy treasured spoils Fossil and relic,--corals, encrinites, The fly in amber and the fish in stone, The twisted circlet of Etruscan gold, Medal, intaglio, poniard, poison-ring,-- Place for the Memphian beetle with thine hoard!