pyxis
noun
a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
pyxis
1 American
[pik-sis]
/ ˈpɪk sɪs /
noun
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pyxides
plural
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Greek and Roman Antiquity. a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
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pyx.
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Botany. a pyxidium.
Pyxis
2
American
[pik-sis]
/ ˈpɪk sɪs /
noun
Astronomy.
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Pyxidis
genitive
pyxis
1
British
/ ˈpɪksɪs /
noun
Pyxis
2
British
/ ˈpɪksɪs /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pyxis1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek pyxís a box
Origin of Pyxis2
1680–90; < Latin < Greek pyxís a box, pyx
Vocabulary lists containing pyxis
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The marriage is celebrated here in a pyxis attributed to the Meleager Painter.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
The pyxis was used by women at their toilet, and the lekythos, alabastron and askos for oil and unguents.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
All except the pyxis are decorated with painted figures, and contain flowers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
On the Dodwell pyxis of 650 to 620 B.C., a man wears an oval shield, covering him from the base of the neck to the ankles.
From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang
A girl with a pyxis stands on the left behind the throne.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
The Pyxis Ocean tested the British-designed WindWings for six months.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
Cargill believes the WindWings on the Pyxis Ocean should cut the ship's pollution by about ____________.
From NewsForKids.net ● Sep. 6, 2023
The Pyxis Ocean's first journey will be from China to Brazil - and will provide the first test real-world test of the wind-wing technology.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
The tanker was the Dubai-managed Pyxis Delta and the crew member killed was a Filipino, security firm AKE said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 2013
In the Testudinidae the African Kinixys has a movable hinge on the posterior part of the carapace and Pyxis arachnoides of Madagascar has a short, hinged, anterior plastral lobe.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
Repeated outbursts have not, in the case of T Pyxidis, destroyed the star, because it has gone through this process three times in the past thirty years.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Peck Todd
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