lifestring

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noun

A nerve, or string, supposed to be essential to life.

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Meanings

nounlifestring (plural lifestrings)

plural lifestrings

  1. archaicA nerve, or string, supposed to be essential to life.

    these Lines are the Veins, the Arteries, And undecaying Life-strings of those Hearts

    1599, Samuel Daniel, Musophilus

Origin

From life + string.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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