Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

st. elmo's fires

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: st. el-mo's -fires
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of St. Elmo's fire

Example Sentences

"As to its appearance upon the masts of ships, Forbin relates that in the year 1696, during a terribly stormy night, near the Balearic Isles, he saw no less than thirty St. Elmo's fires in different parts of the ship, one of them being on one of the sails of the mainmast."
"Referring to the superstition on the part of the sailors as regards the St. Elmo's fires, Lieutenant Bassett, in his book called "Legends and Superstitions of the Sea," says..."
"St. Elmo's fires are extremely frequent at the Pic du Midi on lightning-conductors."

Questions

What does st. elmo's fires mean?: plural of St. Elmo's fire

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