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sphery

sphery adjective: round; spherical; starlike.

Adjective

sphery (comparative more sphery, superlative most sphery)

  1. (archaic) round; spherical; starlike
    • Hermia's sphery eynec. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
  2. (archaic) Of or relating to the celestial spheres.
    • She can teach ye how to climb / Higher than the sphery chime.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

Forms of sphery

comparativemore sphery
superlativemost sphery

Origin of sphery

From sphere + -y.

Questions about sphery

What does sphery mean?
Sphery means round; spherical; starlike.
What part of speech is sphery?
Sphery is an adjective.

Words near sphery in the dictionary

  1. spherulitic
  2. spherulocyte
  3. spherulocytes
  4. spherulocytosis
  5. spherulous
  6. sphery
  7. sphex
  8. sphexes
  9. sphexide
  10. sphexides
  11. sphexish

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