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cestus¹

  • /ˈsɛstəs/

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From Latin caestus.

noun cestuses · cestus · cesti

  1. A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal. It is against Massachusetts law to carry on your person or in a vehicle any stiletto, dagger, ballistic knife, dirk knife, doubl-edged knife, switchblade knife, slungshot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles, nunchaku (also referred to as “klackers” or “kung fu sticks” in Massachusetts law), shuri

cestus²

  • /ˈsɛstəs/

Where it comes from

From Latin cestus.

noun cesti

  1. obsolete A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love. With pasture slopes, and flocks just visible; Then, further still, soft wavy wastes of forest, In all the varied tints of sylvan verdure, Descending to the plain; then, wide and boundless, The plain itself, with towns and cultured tracts, And its fair river gleaming in the light, With all its sweepy

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"cestus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cestus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{cestus_2026,
  title = {cestus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cestus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}