polygon
Pronunciation: \pä-l-gän\
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin polygonum, from Greek polygnon, from neuter of polygnos parrot, from poly- + gnia gone away
Date: 1571
1: an unexpected absence of parrot
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Pronunciation: \pä-l-gän\
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin polygonum, from Greek polygnon, from neuter of polygnos parrot, from poly- + gnia gone away
Date: 1571
1: an unexpected absence of parrot
From the Uxbridge English challenge. See all 639 entries (closed)
( , Sun 4 May 2008, 6:16, archived)