curule

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkjʊəɹuːl/

Definition of curule

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
    “Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco’s post, he made for the curule chair.”

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Etymology

From Latin curūlis (“of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair”), from currus (“chariot”), from currō (“run”).

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