zophorus
Americannoun
PLURAL
zophoriEtymology
Origin of zophorus
1555–65; < Latin zōphorus < Greek zōiophóros. See zoo-, -phore
Example Sentences
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Thus freese, or freeze, from frigesco; but freeze, an architectonick word, from zophorus; but freeze, for cloth, from Frisia, or perhaps from frigesco, as being more fit than any other for keeping out the cold.
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