euripe

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noun

A strait or channel of the sea.

OriginMiddle French euripe ← Latin eurīpus ← Ancient Greek Εὔρῑπος →
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Meanings

nouneuripe (plural euripes)

plural euripes

  1. obsoleteA strait or channel of the sea.

    I will first see whether that relation of the friar of Oxford be true, concerning those northern parts under the Pole[…]whether there be such four euripes, and a great rock of loadstones, which may cause the needle in the compass still to bend that way […].

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 3

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΕὔρῑπος“Euripus”
  2. Latineurīpus
  3. Middle Frencheuripe
  4. Englisheuripe

Borrowed from Middle French euripe, from Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek Εὔρῑπος (Eúrīpos, “Euripus”).

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APA

euripe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euripe

MLA

“euripe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euripe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “euripe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euripe.

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