Pisces

[pahy-seez, pis-eez]

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noun, genitive Pis·ci·um

[pish-ee-uh m] /ˈpɪʃ i əm/, for 1.

Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
Astrology.
1. the twelfth sign of the zodiac: the mutable water sign.
2. a person born under this sign, usually between February 19th and March 20th.
the class of vertebrates comprising the fish and sometimes including, in certain classifications, the cyclostomes.

Origin of Pisces

< New Latin, Latin piscēs, plural of piscis fish

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Examples from the Web for pisces

Contemporary Examples

CAPRICORN Communication is likely to break down this week with Mars opposing a battle-worn Chiron in Pisces.
The Stars Predict Your Week
Starsky + Cox
October 22, 2011
PISCES Venus and Mercury, trine the healer Chiron, in Pisces, are fast at work pulling your guard down.
The Stars Predict Your Week
Starsky + Cox
October 15, 2011
PISCES With the Full Moon in Pisces, Monday, secret maneuverings become a bit revealed.
The Stars Predict Your Week
Starsky + Cox
September 10, 2011
Cancer tackles the big issues, Capricorn goes back to school, and Pisces unplugs.
What the Stars Predict for Your Week
Starsky + Cox
August 20, 2011
Neptune sliding out of Pisces takes your delusions of grandeur with it.
What the Stars Hold for Your Week
Starsky + Cox
July 30, 2011

Historical Examples

Oannes of Assyria had the sign of Pisces, the Fish, and is thus figured.
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries
Annie Besant
Just what "Aries" and "Pisces" had to do with healing or the weather is still a mystery.
A Son of the Middle Border
Hamlin Garland
The exaltation of Venus was in Pisces; her depression, in Virgo.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Arthrodira cannot be strictly included among the Pisces.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)
David Starr Jordan
As the sun leaves Pisces just before Lady Day this does not explain it.
Bygone Beliefs
H. Stanley Redgrove

British Dictionary definitions for pisces

Pisces

noun Latin genitive Piscium (ˈpaɪsɪəm)

astronomy a faint extensive zodiacal constellation lying between Aquarius and Aries on the ecliptic
astrology
1. Also called: the Fishesthe twelfth sign of the zodiac, symbol ♓, having a mutable water classification and ruled by the planets Jupiter and Neptune. The sun is in this sign between about Feb 19 and March 20
2. a person born when the sun is in this sign
1. a taxonomic group that comprises all fishesSee fish (def. 1)
2. a taxonomic group that comprises the bony fishes onlySee teleost

adjective

astrology born under or characteristic of Pisces

Also (for senses 2b, 4): Piscean (ˈpaɪsɪən)

Word Origin

C14: Latin: the fishes

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Word Origin and History for pisces

Pisces

n.

12th sign of the zodiac, late Old English, from Latin pisces, from plural of piscis "a fish," cognate with Gothic fisks, Old English fisc (see fish (n.)). Applied to persons born under this sign from 1924.

pisces in Science

Pisces

[pī′sēz]

A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aries and Pegasus. Pisces (the Fishes) is the twelfth sign of the zodiac.

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Examples from the Web for pisces

Contemporary Examples

CAPRICORN Communication is likely to break down this week with Mars opposing a battle-worn Chiron in Pisces.

PISCES Venus and Mercury, trine the healer Chiron, in Pisces, are fast at work pulling your guard down.

PISCES With the Full Moon in Pisces, Monday, secret maneuverings become a bit revealed.

Cancer tackles the big issues, Capricorn goes back to school, and Pisces unplugs.

Neptune sliding out of Pisces takes your delusions of grandeur with it.

Historical Examples

Oannes of Assyria had the sign of Pisces, the Fish, and is thus figured.

Just what "Aries" and "Pisces" had to do with healing or the weather is still a mystery.

The exaltation of Venus was in Pisces; her depression, in Virgo.

The Arthrodira cannot be strictly included among the Pisces.

As the sun leaves Pisces just before Lady Day this does not explain it.

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