Ventris

[ ven-tris ]

noun
  1. Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.

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How to use Ventris in a sentence

  • Ob humida namque nutrimenta, immoderatum Ventris fluxum vix in primis ullus evadit.

  • Ave Maria,” said the other, “gratia plena et benedictus fructus Ventris tui Jesu.

    The Legend of Ulenspiegel | Charles de Coster
  • I found out indeed this much about her ostensible state, that she was the wife of a cab-driver whose name was Ventris.

    Lore of Proserpine | Maurice Hewlett
  • If Quidnunc and Mrs. Ventris were not under our law, neither are the sun, moon and stars, neither are the apes and peacocks.

    Lore of Proserpine | Maurice Hewlett
  • Mrs. Ventris was a puzzle to me for a good many years—in fact until Despoina explained to me many things.

    Lore of Proserpine | Maurice Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for Ventris

Ventris

/ (ˈvɛntrɪs) /


noun
  1. Michael George Francis. 1922–56, English architect and scholar, who deciphered the Linear B script, identifying it as an early form of Mycenaean Greek

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