Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

panegyris

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pan-e-gyris
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

religious festival on a fixed day in honor of a god, often including prayers, games, and panegyrics.

noun

A festival; a public assembly.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Will there not open a glorious Scene , when God (to use St. Paul's Words) shall celebrate the grand Panegyris?"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πανήγυρις (panḗguris), from παν- (pan-, “all”) + ἄγυρις (águris), Aeolic form of ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”). See panegyric.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂ger-, πανήγυρις

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

panegyreis (plural) panegyry (alternative)

Questions

What does panegyris mean?: religious festival on a fixed day in honor of a god, often including prayers, games, and panegyrics.
Where does panegyris come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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