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winged words

winged words is the plural of winged word.

Meaning of winged word

Noun

winged word (plural winged words)

  1. (idiomatic, in plural, literary) A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable.
    • [Polyhymnia] For the ſweet numbers and melodious meaſures, / With which I wont the winged words to tie, / And make a tunefull Diapaſe of pleaſures, / Now being let to runne at libertie / By thoſe which haue no skill to rule them right, / Haue now quite loſt their naturall delight.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    mot juste

Questions about winged words

What is winged words the plural of?
Winged words is the plural of winged word.

Words near winged words in the dictionary

  1. winged rat
  2. winged rats
  3. winged T
  4. winged Ts
  5. winged word
  6. winged words
  7. wingedly
  8. wingedness
  9. Wingeel
  10. wingeing
  11. Wingello

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