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argosy

argosy noun: a merchant ship.

Noun

argosy (plural argosies)

  1. A merchant ship.
  2. A merchant flotilla, fleet.
    • Gremio, 'tis known my father hath no less Than three great argosies, besides two galliasses, And twelve tight galleys; these I will assure her, And twice as much, whate'er thou offer'st next.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. An abundant supply, boatload.
    • The wreck was total—as total as that ever is which trusts its all to one argosy.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 197
    • ...here smiting with irresistible force some adamantine rock of gross ignorance or cruel superstition, there shaking with its mighty voice of thunder some dread abyss where lurks the taint of covert vice, or crouches the misshapen form of monstrous irreligion, coursing through gloomy chasms and...1882 February, A.H. Morrison, Galt, “Words: Their Abuses, Uses, and Beauties”, in The Canada Educational Monthly and School Magazine, page 58

Proper noun capitalized: Argosy

Argosy

  1. Popular anglicism of the Argonautika of Apollonios Rhodios.
    • Roger chuckled. "I hope you don't think I'm a mere highbrow," he said. "As a customer said to me once, without meaning to be funny, `I like both the Iliad and the Argosy.' The only thing I can't stand is literature that is unfairly and intentionally flavoured with vanilla. Confectionery soon...1919, Christopher Morley, “Titania Learns the Business”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 116

argosy meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

argosy in Tamil

மிகப்பெரிய முற்கால வாணிகக் கப்பல், கப்பல், துணிவுச் செயல்

argosy in Bengali

বড়ো বাণিজ্যিক জাহাজ, সমৃদ্ধির ভাণ্ডার

argosy in Malayalam

നിറചരക്കോടുകൂടിയ കച്ചവട കപ്പൽ, വലിയ വാണിജ്യനൗക

Forms of argosy

pluralargosies

Origin of argosy

Alteration of Italian ragusea (“a large ship”), after the maritime city of Ragusa, now Dubrovnik.

Questions about argosy

What does argosy mean?
Argosy means a merchant ship.
What is argosy in Tamil?
Argosy in Tamil is மிகப்பெரிய முற்கால வாணிகக் கப்பல், கப்பல், துணிவுச் செயல். See Argosy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is argosy?
Argosy can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of argosy?
The plural of argosy is argosies.

Words near argosy in the dictionary

  1. argosies
  2. argosol
  3. argosols
  4. argosome
  5. argosomes
  6. argosy
  7. argot
  8. Argote
  9. Argotes
  10. argotic
  11. argotroban

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: argosy (page history and authors); Argosy (page history and authors); argosy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); argosy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); argosy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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