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cinct

cinct adjective: surrounded.

Adjective

cinct (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) surrounded
    • […] Grecian maids, / Under their night-black braids / Cinct with the green acanthus, did advance, / Link'd in a rhythmic dance […]1870, John Payne, The Masque of Shadows and other poems

Words formed from cinct

Questions about cinct

What does cinct mean?
Cinct means surrounded.
What part of speech is cinct?
Cinct is an adjective.

Words near cinct in the dictionary

  1. Cinco de Mayo
  2. Cincos
  3. Cincotta
  4. Cincottas
  5. CINCs
  6. cinct
  7. cinctan
  8. cinctans
  9. cinctoblastula
  10. cinctoblastulas
  11. cincture

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