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menhir

[men-hir]

noun

Archaeology.
  1. an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.



menhir

/ ˈmɛnhɪə /

noun

  1. a single standing stone, often carved, dating from the middle Bronze Age in the British Isles and from the late Neolithic Age in W Europe

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Word History and Origins

Origin of menhir1

1830–40; < Breton phrase men hir, equivalent to men stone + hir long
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Word History and Origins

Origin of menhir1

C19: from Breton men stone + hir long
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In the latest adventure, Obelix -- the menhir delivery man with superhuman strength -- suffers a particularly bad bout of "saudade", and at one point laments: "I'm feeling down while being overjoyed."

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The stones, or menhirs — some as tall as six feet — buttressed a massive capstone set in a tumulus, or a mound of earth and pebbles.

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He soon dropped to one knee in front of a statue of St. Anne carved into a menhir, pulled out a ring and proposed.

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So the fury of Frank’s finger passes to those of us who have been benumbed by today’s proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs—street after street a corridor of dead souls.

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They also found a rare anthropomorphic menhir - a stone "goddess" that would have guarded an entrance - as well as other Celtic and pre-Celtic artefacts.

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