hyades
/ˈhaɪ.ədiːz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth.
Example Sentences
- "The Pleiades and Hyades are sometimes spoken of as constellations, but this is a mistake; they are integral parts of Taurus."
- "An early Grecian gem shows three nude figures, hand in hand, standing on the head of the Bull, one pointing to seven stars in line over the back, which Landseer referred to the Hyades."
- "The Bull was the Bull of Heaven to the Sumerians. It marked the spring equinox and the start of the new year. It's head has always been the Hyades, including Aldebaran."
Etymology
From Middle English Hyades, Yades, from Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hū̆ắs, “one of the Hyades”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Hyades, Ὑάδες