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cursūs

cursūs is the plural of cursus.

Meaning of cursus

Noun

cursus (plural cursuses or (both, rare) cursus or cursūs or (nonstandard) cursi)

  1. (rare) A course; a journey or progression.
    • His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a triumphal march, with whole towns and villages staging ceremonial entrées for him and cheering his passage.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 574
  2. A long ditch or trench of unknown function, constructed in Neolithic Britain and Ireland.
  3. A racecourse.
  4. An academic curriculum.
  5. A form of daily prayer or service.

Origin of cursūs

From Latin cursūs.

Questions about cursūs

What is cursūs the plural of?
Cursūs is the plural of cursus.

Words near cursūs in the dictionary

  1. curstness
  2. cursus
  3. cursuses
  4. cursy
  5. cursèd
  6. cursūs
  7. curt
  8. curt-axe
  9. curt.
  10. curtail
  11. curtail dog

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cursūs (page history and authors); cursus (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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