lemures

/ˈlɛmjəriːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint."
"So still lay the figure, and so dim was its outline, that any other than Arbaces might have felt a superstitious fear, lest he beheld one of those grim lemures, who, above all other spots, haunted the threshold of the homes they formerly possessed."

From Latin lemurēs. See lemur.

lemur Lemuria Lares

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How do you pronounce lemures?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɛmjəriːz/.

What does lemures mean?

The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.

Where does lemures come from?

It is traced to Latin.

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