negus
noun
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
negus
1 American
[nee-guhs]
/ ˈni gəs /
noun
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neguses
plural
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a title of Ethiopian royalty.
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(initial capital letter) the Emperor of Ethiopia.
negus
2
American
[nee-guhs]
/ ˈni gəs /
noun
Negus
1
British
/ ˈniːɡəs /
noun
negus
2
British
/ ˈniːɡəs /
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of negus1
1585–95; < Amharic nəgus king < Geez, participle of nägŝä to reign
Origin of negus2
1735–45; after Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), Englishman who invented it
Example Sentences
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“Oh, it is no trouble; I dare say your own hands are almost numbed with cold. Leah, make a little hot negus and cut a sandwich or two: here are the keys of the storeroom.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
"Won't you have some more muffling?—nothing round your throat?—a little negus, my Lord, before venturing into the night air."—"How early!"—"How late!"—"What a pleasant evening!"—"What a fine night!"
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
What people drink at such times comes to nothing,—just a little negus and lemonade.
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
Old Miss Macan upset my markers, drank my negus, and then fainted off herself, with a face like an apothecary's rose.'
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
So that after a cold chicken, cut up with salad, a thing Mary Anne makes to perfection, and a glass of white wine negus, I slept very soundly till late in the afternoon.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
“Even when we saw the writing credit which said ‛N. Diamond,’ we thought it was a Jamaican artist called Negus Diamond,” Astro recalled.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021
In the late 1950s, a pioneering ear, nose and throat specialist, Victor Negus, summed up the consensus view in a book about the comparative anatomy of the nose.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
Negus added that he did not keep up with the daily trial transcript and rejected Cooper’s request to bring on a second lawyer, something he recognized only later was beneficial in complex death penalty cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2018
“I was satisfied that it was inert,” Negus said.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2014
Another General Election took place in 1837, and Mr. Wodehouse was returned with Mr. Henry Negus Burroughes, in opposition to the same Liberal candidates.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie
Fowls, tongues, preserves, fruits, confectionaries, jellies, neguses, barley-sugar temples, trifles, crackers—eat all you can and pocket what you like—all at Old Cheeseman's expense.
From Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens
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