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narcissi

narcissi is the plural of narcissus.

Meaning of narcissus

Noun

narcissus (plural narcissuses or narcissi)

  1. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
    • The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 6
  2. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus

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Forms of narcissi

alternative formnarcissuses

Questions about narcissi

What is narcissi the plural of?
Narcissi is the plural of narcissus.

Words near narcissi in the dictionary

  1. narcinid
  2. narcinids
  3. narcism
  4. narciss
  5. Narcissan
  6. narcissi
  7. Narcissian
  8. narcissine
  9. narcissism
  10. narcissisms
  11. narcissist

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