Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste
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Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste
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Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste
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Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste
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Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste
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Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste
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Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste
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Antonyms
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from French céleri (17th-century celeris, sceleri, Middle French scellerin), borrowed from an Upper Italian form (as Ligurian sèlarʼu, Lombard sèleri), altered from Vulgar Latin *selinum (Late Latin selīnon), borrowed from Greek sélīnon, perhaps from a pre-Greek substratal languagecentaur
Definition
- or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
- Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune //The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. — Robert H. Brown et al.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauroscentiliter
Definition
- : a unit of capacity equal to 1/100 liter
— see Metric Syste