This week's theme: eponyms -- words coined after someone.

titian (TISH-uhn) noun

   A bright reddish or golden auburn color.

[After 16th century Italian painter Titian, from the frequent
use of the color (especially for the hair) in his paintings.]

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=titian

-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

  "The titian-haired sleuth (Nancy Drew) has left her mark on American
   womanhood for generations now."
   Marjorie Kehe; The Titian-haired Sleuth All American Girls Love;
   The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Oct 4, 2005.

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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/titian.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/titian.ram

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