septentrional

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Scrabble points
15
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19
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/sɛpˈtɛntɹɪənəl/

Definition of septentrional

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (literary, rare)Pertaining to the north; northern.
    “Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.”
    “Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriōnālis, from septentriōnēs (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

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