lachesis
/ˈlækɪsɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
One of the three Fates (Moirae), daughter of Zeus and Themis; the measurer of each thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Decima.
noun
The venom of Lachesis muta (South Anerican bushmaster snake), used to treat various conditions.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "And if it were asked how it is known that the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was sewn on to the front of his underhose, the answer to that would be this, that one day when Erskine was doing his number one against a bush, Watt, who as Lachesis would have it was doing his number one too against the same bush, but on the other side, caught a glimpse, through the bush, for it was a deciduous bush, of the key, gleaming among the flap buttons."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λάχεσις (Lákhesis).