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wreath.

Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹiːθ/Received-Pronunciation/ɹiθ/General-American
  1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

    a wreath of smoke    a wreath of clouds
  2. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.

  3. A defect in glass.

  4. An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English *wreoþa, wriþa (“band, coil, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *wriþō, from Proto-Germanic *wriþô, from *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.

verb/ɹiːθ/Received-Pronunciation/ɹiːð/Received-Pronunciation/ɹiθ/General-American/ɹið/General-American
  1. Alternative spelling of wreathe.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

See wreathe.

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