Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magnus annus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: mag-nus an-nus
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.

Example Sentences

"The sign of Gemini does not seem to have exerted a beneficent influence on the growth of human culture, but as the Magnus Annus of Taurus came round, things seem to have grown more stable and solid."

Etymology

From the Latin magnus annus (literally “great year”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: magnus annus

Questions

What does magnus annus mean?: A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.
Where does magnus annus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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