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boreas en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, poetic) The 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:

Forms

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boreases Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

southerly · auster

Relateds

aurora borealis

Synonyms

northerly

Translations (5)

es bóreas (Translations) · fr borée (Translations) · de Nordwind (Translations) · fr aquilon (Translations) · ca bòrees (Translations)