gonio-
gonio- prefix: angle.
Prefix
gonio-
- angle.
- He had turn’d the same covetous Angles as the Welshman,– tho’ perhaps never as many, for Shelby seem’d seiz’d with Goniolatry, or the Worship of Angles, defining tracts of virgin Land by as many of these exhilarating Instrumental Sweeps, as possible.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 587
Origin of gonio-
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
Questions about gonio-
- What does gonio- mean?
- Gonio- means angle.
- What part of speech is gonio-?
- Gonio- is a prefix.
Words near gonio- in the dictionary
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