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parelius

parelius noun: a parhelion.

Noun

parelius (plural parelii)

  1. (obsolete) A parhelion.
    • […] even then he began, and with that noble personage, to clasp some one gratioso in the embraces of his great love, who was, unto him as a parelius,—that is, when the sun finds a cloud so fit to be illustrated by his beams that it looks almost like another sun.1873, John Hill Burton, The history of Scotland, volume 5, page 169

Forms of parelius

pluralparelii

Questions about parelius

What does parelius mean?
Parelius means a parhelion.
What part of speech is parelius?
Parelius is a noun.
What is the plural of parelius?
The plural of parelius is parelii.

Words near parelius in the dictionary

  1. parelcon
  2. parelectronomic
  3. parelectronomy
  4. Pareles
  5. parelii
  6. parelius
  7. Parell
  8. parelle
  9. Paremata
  10. parembole
  11. paremboles

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