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eryngo

UK/iːˈɹɪŋɡəʊ/

eryngo noun: the root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.

Noun

eryngo (countable and uncountable, plural eryngos or eryngoes)

  1. (obsolete) The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.
    • Let the skie raine Potatoes: let it thunder, to the tune of Greene-ſleeues, haile-kiſſing Comfits, and ſnovv Eringoes: […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. Any other plant of the same genus, Eryngium.
    • For some ordinary broths made of Eringos or Sea-Holme, and Burstwort, which twice or thrice I have swallowed downe at the request of some Ladies, who, more kindely then my disease is unkind, offred me the moity of theirs, have equally seemed unto me as easie to take as unprofitable in operation.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13

Forms of eryngo

pluraleryngos
pluraleryngoes
alternative formeringo

Origin of eryngo

Ultimately from Latin ēryngion, from Ancient Greek ἠρύγγιον (ērúngion), from ἤρυγγος (ḗrungos).

Words formed from eryngo

Questions about eryngo

What does eryngo mean?
Eryngo means the root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.
What part of speech is eryngo?
Eryngo is a noun.
How do you pronounce eryngo?
Eryngo is pronounced /iːˈɹɪŋɡəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of eryngo?
The plural of eryngo is eryngos.

Words near eryngo in the dictionary

  1. Erymna
  2. Eryn
  3. eryngeolysin
  4. eryngium
  5. eryngiums
  6. eryngo
  7. eryngoes
  8. eryngos
  9. eryonid
  10. eryonids
  11. eryonoid

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