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elenchus.

pearl pendant worn as an earring;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɛˈɫɛŋ.kʰʊs]Classical-Latin[eˈlɛŋ.kus]
  1. costly trinket (especially an earring)

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. refutation

    declension-2 · masculine
  3. list

    Late-Latin · Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
    Elenchus tamen Sanctorum necnon Beatorum in Martyrologio
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰ- (“to accuse, to scold”).

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