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curete

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
curete
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Korybant.

noun

One of a legendary tribe of people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian boar, identified in antiquity as either Aetolians or Acarnanians.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κουρῆτες (Kourêtes).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Κουρῆτες

Inflected Forms

Curetes (plural)

Questions

What does curete mean?
A Korybant.
Where does curete come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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