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aetites

UK/iːˈtaɪtiːz/US/iˈtaɪdiz/

aetites noun: an eaglestone.

Noun

aetites

  1. An eaglestone.
    • On such analogous reasoning it is not difficult to see why the aetites stone, with another rattling inside it, should have been thought helpful to a pregnant woman.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 184

Origin of aetites

From Anglo-Norman aetite, aetites, Middle French aetite, and their source, Latin (lapis) āetītēs (“eagle (stone)”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀετίτης (λίθος) (aetítēs (líthos), “eagle (stone)”), from ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”).

Questions about aetites

What does aetites mean?
Aetites means an eaglestone.
What part of speech is aetites?
Aetites is a noun.
How do you pronounce aetites?
Aetites is pronounced /iːˈtaɪtiːz/ (UK).

Words near aetites in the dictionary

  1. aetiopathogenetically
  2. aetiopathogenic
  3. aetiopathologies
  4. aetiopathology
  5. aetiotropic
  6. aetites
  7. Aetius
  8. Aetna
  9. Aetnean
  10. Aetneans
  11. aetokthonotoxin

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