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seagirt

seagirt adjective: engirdled by the sea, as an island.

Adjective

seagirt (not comparable)

  1. (poetic, rare) Engirdled by the sea, as an island.
    • See Borneo's sea-girt shore where ever flow / the perfumed liquor's thick and curded gouts, / the tears of forest-trees men "Camphor" clepe, / wherefore that Island crop of Fame shall reap.1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 408
    • Under the sea-girt cliffs the shining ship was readied, laden with coats of mail, swords, and gleaming war harness.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 23

Origin of seagirt

From sea + girt.

Questions about seagirt

What does seagirt mean?
Seagirt means engirdled by the sea, as an island.
What part of speech is seagirt?
Seagirt is an adjective.

Words near seagirt in the dictionary

  1. seagans
  2. Seagar
  3. seageese
  4. Seager
  5. Seagers
  6. seagirt
  7. seaglass
  8. Seagle
  9. Seagles
  10. Seago
  11. seagoer

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