English Explanatory Dictionary

was-sceptre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of sceptre with an animal head and a forked tail appearing in Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs.

Word forms

was-sceptre was-sceptres was sceptre was-scepter was scepter

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian wꜣs (“was-sceptre, rule”), compounded with sceptre.

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