Chrysostom

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Chrysostom

  • /ˈkɹɪsəstəm/
  • /kɹɪˈsɑs.təm/

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Borrowed from Latin Chrȳsostomus, from Koine Greek Χρυσόστομος (Khrusóstomos, literally “golden-mouthed”), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

proper noun

  1. The epithet of John Chrysostom, Dio Chrysostom and several other people, given to them for their eloquence.
  2. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of rare usage. DONAHOE—In this city, Dec 29, Chrysostom P. Donahoe, 55 yrs. Funeral from the residence of his father, Patrick Donahoe, 350 Shawmut av, Monday, at 8.15 a m, to the church of the Immaculate Conception, where requiem mass will be celebrated at 9 o’clock.

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中文金口 Jīnkǒu
PortuguêsCrisóstomo
Françaischrysostome
DeutschChrysostomos
ItalianoCrisostomo
ΕλληνικάΧρυσόστομος Chrysóstomos
РусскийЗлатоуст Zlatoust
العربيةالذَّهَبِيّ الْفَم aḏ-ḏahabiyy al-fam

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@misc{chrysostom_2026,
  title = {Chrysostom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chrysostom},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}