cirrhus
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cirrhus
< New Latin, a pseudo-Greek form of Latin cirrus cirrus
Example Sentences
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Just then the moon getting clear of some cirrhus clouds, and shining brighter than ever, lights up an object hitherto unnoticed by him, but one he recognises as an old acquaintance.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
White cirrhus clouds now darted out here and there ahead, like fluttering standards of warning.
From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)
The brigade was now upon the Front Royal and Winchester pike, moving in the foot and wheel prints of the advance, and under and through an extended cirrhus cloud of dirty saffron.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
Gasping for a breath of cooler air, we watched the sun go down, but there was no sign of wind, no promise of movement in the faint, vapoury cirrhus that attended his setting.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
The gold on Skiddaw was passing into rose; and over the greenish blue of the lower sky, webs of crimson cirrhus spun themselves.
From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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