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obeliscolychny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: obelis-coly-ch-ny
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noun

A lighthouse.

Example Sentences

"“I see a great number of People on the Harbour; I see a Light on an Obeliscolychny.”"
"Who has lit the sun and the moon like two lamps, that they might shine in the distance on the two mountains on the two sides of the castle, comparable to two obeliscolychnies?"

Etymology

From Middle French obeliscolychnie (in Rabelais), from Ancient Greek ὀβελισκολύχνιον (obeliskolúkhnion, “spit used as a lamp-holder”), from ὀβελίσκος (obelískos, “obelisk”) + λυχνίον (lukhníon, “lamp-stand”).

Inflected Forms

obeliscolychnies (plural)

Questions

What does obeliscolychny mean?: A lighthouse.
Where does obeliscolychny come from?: From Middle French obeliscolychnie (in Rabelais), from Ancient Greek ὀβελισκολύχνιον (obeliskolúkhnion, “spit used as a lamp-holder”), from ὀβελίσκος (obelískos, “obelisk”) + λυχνίον (lukhníon, “lamp-stand”).

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