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sciniph

sciniph noun: a kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.

Noun

sciniph (plural sciniphs)

  1. (archaic) A kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.
    • And they did ſo. And Aaron ſtreched fotth his hand, holding the rodde: and he ſtroke the duſt of the earth, and there were made ſciniphes on men and on beaſtes: al the duſt of the earth was turned into ſciniphes through the whole Land of Ægypt.1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodus 8:17, page 178
    • The sciniphs and flies are common in warm, and the sciniphs especially in marshy countries.1885, George R. Northgraves, Mistakes of Modern Infidels; or Evidences of Christianity […], page 205

Forms of sciniph

pluralsciniphs

Origin of sciniph

From Latin scinifes, cinifes or ciniphes, plural, from Ancient Greek σκνίψ (skníps, “gnat, small fly(, flea?)”), plural σκνῖφες (sknîphes) or σκνῖπες (sknîpes).

Questions about sciniph

What does sciniph mean?
Sciniph means a kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.
What part of speech is sciniph?
Sciniph is a noun.
What is the plural of sciniph?
The plural of sciniph is sciniphs.

Words near sciniph in the dictionary

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  2. scincosaurid
  3. scincosaurids
  4. Scinde
  5. scinderin
  6. sciniph
  7. sciniphs
  8. scink
  9. scinks
  10. scinticisternography
  11. scintigram

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