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epimacus

epimacus noun: synonym of opinicus.

Noun

epimacus (plural epimacuses)

  1. (rare) Synonym of opinicus.
    • Supporters 2 Epimacus’s, the Necks purfled and the ſlip of their Bellies Or, Beaked Sable and Wings extending upward gules.1708, A New View of London: or, An Ample Account of That City, in Eight Sections. […], volume II, London: […] John Nicholson […], and Robert Knaplock […], page 613, column 2
    • Here are a great collection of antique gems in intaglio; a canopus of agate, an epimacus of chalcedony; a head of Tiberius of one ſingle turquoiſe as large as a hen’s egg, a very great curioſity: […]1770 December 28, [Anna, Lady Miller], “Letter XXIX.”, in Letters from Italy, Describing the Manners, Customs, Antiquities, Paintings, &c. of That Country, in the Years mdcclxx and mdcclxxi, to a...
    Synonyms:
    opinicus

Examples of epimacus in a sentence

  • The Opinicus, or Epimacus / This creature appears to be a variety of the griffin family.1906, John Vinycomb, Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art with Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry, Chapman and Hall...
  • Thus were born from credulity, fancy and fertile imagination, in successive ages, dragons, medusas, basilisks, salamanders, gorgons and unicorns, the cocatrice, the epimacus and the seductive mermaid.1930, Indian State Railways Magazine, page 15:
  • On another shield is engraved the Company’s crest—an epimacus, an imaginary beast resembling a griffin.1966, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, volume 39, page 367:

Synonyms of epimacus

Forms of epimacus

pluralepimacuses

Questions about epimacus

What does epimacus mean?
Epimacus means synonym of opinicus.
How do you use epimacus in a sentence?
The Opinicus, or Epimacus / This creature appears to be a variety of the griffin family.
What part of speech is epimacus?
Epimacus is a noun.
What is the plural of epimacus?
The plural of epimacus is epimacuses.

Words near epimacus in the dictionary

  1. epiloguizing
  2. epiloia
  3. epiluminescence
  4. epiluminescent
  5. epimacular
  6. epimacus
  7. epimacuses
  8. epimanikia
  9. epimanikion
  10. epimarginal
  11. epimastigote

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