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obeliscolychny en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle French obeliscolychnie (in Rabelais), from Ancient Greek ὀβελισκολύχνιον (obeliskolúkhnion, “spit used as a lamp-holder”), from ὀβελίσκος (obelískos, “obelisk”) + λυχνίον (lukhníon, “lamp-stand”).

Meanings

1. (rare) A lighthouse.
   • “I see a great number of People on the Harbour; I see a Light on an Obeliscolychny.” 1694, François Rabelais, translated by PA Motteux, Pantagruel, page 119:
   • Who has lit the sun and the moon like two lamps, that they might shine in the distance on the two mountains on the two sides of the castle, comparable to two obeliscolychnies? 1993, Alfred Jarry, translated by Iain White, Visits of Love, page 85:

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