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coronis

UK/kɒˈɹəʊnɪs/US/kəˈɹoʊ.nɪs/

coronis noun: a device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.

Noun

coronis (plural coronides)

  1. A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
  2. (figuratively, obsolete, rare) The conclusion of something; the end of something.
    • The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended.1592–1670: Bishop John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offer’d to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D., Archbishop of York, volume 2, page 38
  3. (Ancient-Greek) A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note.

Proper noun capitalized: Coronis

Coronis

  1. (Greek) Any of several figures from Greek mythology

Forms of coronis

Noun
pluralcoronides
Proper noun
alternative formKoronis

Origin of coronis

From the Latin corōnis, from the Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “crasis coronis”, “editorial coronis”); cognate with the French coronis.

From Ancient Greek Κορωνίς (Korōnís).

Questions about coronis

What does coronis mean?
Coronis means a device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
What part of speech is coronis?
Coronis can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce coronis?
Coronis is pronounced /kɒˈɹəʊnɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of coronis?
The plural of coronis is coronides.

Words near coronis in the dictionary

  1. coronillobiosidol
  2. coronin
  3. coronins
  4. coronion
  5. coronions
  6. coronis
  7. Coronita
  8. coronite
  9. coronites
  10. coronitic
  11. coronitis

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