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forfex

/ˈfɔːɹfɛks/

forfex noun: a pair of shears.

Noun

forfex (plural forfices)

  1. (obsolete) A pair of shears.
    • The Peer now spreads the glitt'ring Forfex wide,
      T'inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto
    • the Classical forfices1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopædia of Antiquities

forfex meaning in Tamil

forfex in Tamil

கத்தரிக்கோல்

Forms of forfex

pluralforfices

Origin of forfex

Learned borrowing from Latin forfex.

Questions about forfex

What does forfex mean?
Forfex means a pair of shears.
What is forfex in Tamil?
Forfex in Tamil is கத்தரிக்கோல். See Forfex meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is forfex?
Forfex is a noun.
How do you pronounce forfex?
Forfex is pronounced /ˈfɔːɹfɛks/.
What is the plural of forfex?
The plural of forfex is forfices.

Words near forfex in the dictionary

  1. forfeitures
  2. forfend
  3. forfended
  4. forfending
  5. forfends
  6. forfex
  7. forficate
  8. forfices
  9. forficiform
  10. forficulate
  11. forficulid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forfex (page history and authors); forfex (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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