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rhombos

rhombos noun: a musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound.

Noun

rhombos (plural rhomboi)

  1. A musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound.

Forms of rhombos

pluralrhomboi

Origin of rhombos

From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “bullroarer”), from ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “to turn around”).

Questions about rhombos

What does rhombos mean?
Rhombos means a musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound.
What part of speech is rhombos?
Rhombos is a noun.
What is the plural of rhombos?
The plural of rhombos is rhomboi.

Words near rhombos in the dictionary

  1. rhomboidly
  2. rhomboids
  3. rhombomere
  4. rhombomeres
  5. rhombomeric
  6. rhombos
  7. rhombosortase
  8. rhombosortases
  9. rhombozoan
  10. rhombozoans
  11. rhombs

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