oxytrope
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English
Etymology
From translingual Oxytropis, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointy”) + τρόπις (trópis, “keel”).[1]
Noun
oxytrope (plural oxytropes)
References
- ^ “Oxytropis”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
