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boreas

Bo·re·as

UK/ˈbɔːɹɪəs/US/ˈbɔɹɪəs/

noun

What it means

  1. obsoletepoeticThe north wind.

    Whether it is most prudent to expose / Our lovely forms to keenest blasts of boreas

    1806 April 12, The Companion and Weekly Miscellany 1806-04-12: Vol 2 Iss 24

    Synonyms: northerly

In a sentence

Whether it is most prudent to expose / Our lovely forms to keenest blasts of boreas

1806 April 12, The Companion and Weekly Miscellany 1806-04-12: Vol 2 Iss 24

Where it comes from

  1. Ancient GreekΒορέᾱς
  2. Englishboreas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

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