Word of the Day: CYPRIAN

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin Cyprius (of Cyprus) + -an;
in French cyprien

EXAMPLE
“…Shall Curio streake his lims on his dayes couch,
In Sommer bower? and with bare groping touch
Incense his lust, consuming all the yeere
In  Cyprian dalliance, and in Belgick cheere?
Shall Faunus spend a hundred gallions,
Of Goates pure milke, to laue his stallions,
As much Rose iuyce? O bath! ô royall, rich
To scower Faunus, and his salt proude bitch!…”

From: The Scourge of Villanie
By John Marston, 1598