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empuses

empuses is the plural of empuse.

Meaning of empuse

Noun

empuse (plural empuses)

  1. (obsolete) A phantom; ghost; spectre.
    • But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd...

Questions about empuses

What is empuses the plural of?
Empuses is the plural of empuse.

Words near empuses in the dictionary

  1. empusa
  2. empusae
  3. empusas
  4. empuse
  5. empusellous
  6. empuses
  7. empusid
  8. empusids
  9. empuzzle
  10. empuzzled
  11. empuzzles

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