Etymology

scazon

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Today it means: A limping satiric meter in classical verse. Full definition →

Latin scāzon ← Ancient Greek σκάζων
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκάζων
  2. Latin · borrowed fromscāzon
  3. English todayscazon

From Latin scāzon, from Ancient Greek σκάζων (skázōn), from σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).

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