fylfot
UK/ˈfɪl.fɒt/US/ˈfɪl.fɑt/
fylfot noun: a swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
Noun
fylfot (plural fylfots)
- A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
- Then look at that jade fylfot charm pawned for one-and-three down at the Basin and the use that could have been made of it in the Kharkov 'ritual murder' trial.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
- Morley: A year and a half ago I stumbled into your gingerbread office, a lost, frightened soul in terrified flight across the great yawning terror of doubt—a human being, in short!—and you chanted some hagridden formulas and danged some fylfots...1968, The Discovery of Drama, page 378
Forms of fylfot
| plural | fylfots |
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Origin of fylfot
Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows.
Questions about fylfot
- What does fylfot mean?
- Fylfot means a swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
- What part of speech is fylfot?
- Fylfot is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fylfot?
- Fylfot is pronounced /ˈfɪl.fɒt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fylfot?
- The plural of fylfot is fylfots.
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