Etymology

lemures

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Today it means: The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant. Full definition →

Latin lemurēs
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromlemurēs
  2. English todaylemures

From Latin lemurēs. See lemur.

Words from the same roots

Latinlemurēs all →

lemur

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