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octadrachm

octadrachm noun: an Ancient Greek coin having a value of eight drachmas.

Noun

octadrachm (plural octadrachms)

  1. (historical) An Ancient Greek coin having a value of eight drachmas.
    • On the morning of the 3rd of September he was dictating to his secretary a monograph to which he had given the attractive title, "The Portrait of Alexander the Great, as Jupiter Ammon, on an unedited octadrachm of Macedonia," when a telegram was brought in.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Forms of octadrachm

pluraloctadrachms
alternative formoktadrachm

Questions about octadrachm

What does octadrachm mean?
Octadrachm means an Ancient Greek coin having a value of eight drachmas.
What part of speech is octadrachm?
Octadrachm is a noun.
What is the plural of octadrachm?
The plural of octadrachm is octadrachms.

Words near octadrachm in the dictionary

  1. octadic
  2. octadienal
  3. octadienals
  4. octadiene
  5. octadienes
  6. octadrachm
  7. octadrachms
  8. octads
  9. octaedral
  10. octaedron
  11. octaeteric

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