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pentagram

pen·ta·gram

Today it means: The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον

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pentagram · noun¹

Ancient Greek · derived fromπεντάγραμμον
English todaypentagram

From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + -gram.

Pentagram · proper noun²

From the shape of the star, symbolizing Satanism.

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