glaucus
/ˈɡlɔkəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.02 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.
noun
A desert lime (Citrus glauca), a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia.
name
A Greek prophetic sea god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself.
name
A mythical Lycian soldier and captain in the Trojan War.
name
Son of Sisyphus, and a mythical Corinthian king.
name
A son of Aepytus.
Example Sentences
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Glaucus, from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαῦκος (glaûkos, “blue-grey fish”), from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Glaucus, γλαῦκος
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡlɔkəs/
- British English: /ˈɡlɔːkəs/