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Sirenaic

Sirenaic noun: a member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.

Noun

Sirenaic (plural Sirenaics)

  1. (historical, rare) A member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.
    • In September 1611 the Sirenaics were among the company of wits who gathered at the Mitre Tavern to celebrate the exploits of another fearless traveller, the scribbler and buffoon Thomas Coryate...2012, Ian Donaldson, “Life of Ben Jonson”, in Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online

Forms of Sirenaic

pluralSirenaics

Origin of Sirenaic

From blending of siren + Cyrenaic (“inhabitant of the proverbially luxurious city of Cyrene or its territory Cyrenaica; adherent of the hedonistic philosophy of Aristippus of Cyrene”) and from conflation of the mythical siren with the legendary mermaid.

Words formed from Sirenaic

  • Sirenaical

Questions about Sirenaic

What does Sirenaic mean?
Sirenaic means a member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.
What part of speech is Sirenaic?
Sirenaic is a noun.
What is the plural of Sirenaic?
The plural of Sirenaic is Sirenaics.

Words near Sirenaic in the dictionary

  1. siren suit
  2. siren suits
  3. siren's song
  4. Siren's songs
  5. Sirena Deep
  6. Sirenaic
  7. Sirenaics
  8. Sirendiep
  9. sirene
  10. sirened
  11. sirenes

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