English Explanatory Dictionary

obeliscolychny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lighthouse.

Word forms

obeliscolychny obeliscolychnies

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”).

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