scarab
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈskæɹəb/
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/ˈskæɹəb/ · /ˈskɛɹəb/
Definition of scarab
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
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noun
- A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
- Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
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A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.
“The scarab, which is a very small one, Leo had insisted upon having set in a massive gold ring, such as is generally used for signets, and it was this very ring that I now picked up.”
- (slang)The currency sign ¤.
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Etymology
From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”). Doublet of scarabaeus, now obsolete.
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