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twi-pointed

twi-pointed adjective: having two points or peaks.

Adjective

twi-pointed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Having two points or peaks.
    • Yee Nine that leaue twi-pointed Pernas hill, / To dwell on double-trenched Gogmagog […] .1623, William L'Isle, translating Ælfric of Eynsham, A Saxon treatise concerning the Old and New Testament, Dedication
    • And the bolt of Zeus / Twy-pointed, see'st thou, in his hurling hands?1890, A. W. Verrall, translating Euripides, Ion, p. 21

Forms of twi-pointed

alternative formtwy-pointed

Origin of twi-pointed

From twi- + pointed.

Questions about twi-pointed

What does twi-pointed mean?
Twi-pointed means having two points or peaks.
What part of speech is twi-pointed?
Twi-pointed is an adjective.

Words near twi-pointed in the dictionary

  1. twi-mindedness
  2. Twi-Mom
  3. Twi-Moms
  4. twi-night
  5. twi-nights
  6. twi-pointed
  7. twi-tard
  8. twi-tards
  9. twi-thought
  10. twi-thoughts
  11. twi-tongued

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