winged word
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winged word
- /ˌwɪŋd ˈwɜːd/ UK
- /ˌwɪŋd ˈwɝd/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
Calque of Ancient Greek ἔπεα πτερόεντα (épea pteróenta), often used by Homer (said to have been born c. 750 B.C.E.), to whom the Iliad and Odyssey are attributed: from ἔπεᾰ (épeă) (plural of ἔπος (épos, “something spoken: song, speech, story”)) + πτερόεντα (pteróenta) (plural of πτερόεις (pteróeis, “feathered; winged”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather; wing”) + -εις (-eis, suffix forming adjectives with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing a quality)).
noun winged words
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A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable.
[Polyhymnia] For the ſweet numbers and melodious meaſures, / With which I wont the winged words to tie, / And make a tunefull Diapaſe of pleaſures, / Now being let to runne at libertie / By thoſe which haue no skill to rule them right, / Haue now quite loſt their naturall delight.
Similar: mot juste
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noun word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable
| Español | palabra alada |
|---|---|
| Français | mots ailés, paroles ailées |
| Deutsch | geflügeltes Wort |
| Русский | крыла́тое выраже́ние krylátoje vyražénije |
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title = {winged word},
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