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lemure

lemure is the singular of lemures.

Meaning of lemures

Noun

lemures pl (plural only)

  1. (Roman, plural, plural-only) The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.
    • The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC

Forms of lemure

plurallemures

Origin of lemure

Back-formation from lemures.

Questions about lemure

What is lemure the singular of?
Lemure is the singular of lemures.

Words near lemure in the dictionary

  1. Lemuel
  2. lemur
  3. lemur-tail seahorse
  4. lemur-tail seahorses
  5. Lemuralia
  6. lemure
  7. lemures
  8. Lemuria
  9. Lemurian
  10. Lemurians
  11. lemurid

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