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threnes

threnes is the plural of threne.

Meaning of threne

Noun

threne (plural threnes)

  1. a dirge or lamentation
    • That City's sombre Patroness and Queen,
      In bronze sublimity she gazes forth
      Over her Capital of teen and threne1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI

Questions about threnes

What is threnes the plural of?
Threnes is the plural of threne.

Words near threnes in the dictionary

  1. thremmatologists
  2. thremmatology
  3. threne
  4. threnedies
  5. threnedy
  6. threnes
  7. threnetic
  8. threnetical
  9. threnode
  10. threnodes
  11. threnodial

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