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euripus

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /jəˈɹaɪpəs/

1

name

Meaning 1

Short for Euripus Strait.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A flux and reflux.

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Usage: broadly

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History

Etymology

From Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).