Noah Webster
Memphian
MEMPH'IAN, adjective [from Memphis, the ancient metropolis of Egypt, said to be altered from Menuf, Memf. Ludolf.]
Pertaining to Memphis; very dark; a sense borrowed from the darkness of Egypt in the time of Moses.
MEMPH'IAN, adjective [from Memphis, the ancient metropolis of Egypt, said to be altered from Menuf, Memf. Ludolf.]
Pertaining to Memphis; very dark; a sense borrowed from the darkness of Egypt in the time of Moses.