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euripe

euripe noun: a strait or channel of the sea.

Noun

euripe (plural euripes)

  1. (obsolete) A strait or channel of the sea.
    • I will first see whether that relation of the friar of Oxford be true, concerning those northern parts under the Pole[…]whether there be such four euripes, and a great rock of loadstones, which may cause the needle in the compass still to bend that way […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section...

Forms of euripe

pluraleuripes

Origin of euripe

Borrowed from Middle French euripe, from Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek Εὔρῑπος (Eúrīpos, “Euripus”).

Questions about euripe

What does euripe mean?
Euripe means a strait or channel of the sea.
What part of speech is euripe?
Euripe is a noun.
What is the plural of euripe?
The plural of euripe is euripes.

Words near euripe in the dictionary

  1. eurillos
  2. Eurimbla
  3. Eurinal
  4. Eurinals
  5. Eurindic
  6. euripe
  7. euripes
  8. euripi
  9. Euripidean
  10. Euripides
  11. Euripos

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