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Cophetuan

Cophetuan adjective: relating to, or reminiscent of, the story of Cophetua, a king who falls in love with a beggar at first sight and marries her.

Adjective

Cophetuan (comparative more Cophetuan, superlative most Cophetuan)

  1. Relating to, or reminiscent of, the story of Cophetua, a king who falls in love with a beggar at first sight and marries her.

Forms of Cophetuan

comparativemore Cophetuan
superlativemost Cophetuan

Origin of Cophetuan

From Cophetua + -an.

Questions about Cophetuan

What does Cophetuan mean?
Cophetuan means relating to, or reminiscent of, the story of Cophetua, a king who falls in love with a beggar at first sight and marries her.
What part of speech is Cophetuan?
Cophetuan is an adjective.

Words near Cophetuan in the dictionary

  1. cophenatic
  2. cophenetic
  3. copher
  4. cophers
  5. Cophetua
  6. Cophetuan
  7. Cophetuas
  8. cophin
  9. Cophine
  10. cophined
  11. cophining

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