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psykter

American

[sik-ter] / ˈsɪk tər /

Or psycter

noun

Greek and Roman Antiquity.

a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

psykters

plural

Etymology

Origin of psykter

1840–50; < Greek psȳktḗr, derivative of psȳ́chein to blow (cool); cf. Psyche, psychro-

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