Ephesian

From Ephesus +‎ -ian.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈfiːʒən/
• Rhymes: -iːʒən

Ephesian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to, Ephesus.

Ephesian (plural Ephesians)

1. Someone from Ephesus.
2. (obsolete) A jolly companion; a roisterer.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], line 16:

     It is thine host, thine / Ephesian, calls.

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