thyrsus

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/ˈθɜːsəs/ (UK)

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/ˈθɜːsəs/ (UK) · /ˈθɜɹsəs/

Definition of thyrsus

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noun

A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.

“1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poet's Calendar In my hand I bear / The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.”
“As good to grow on graves / As twist about a thyrsus.”
“The champagne was done, and she upturned the bottle to hold it like a thyrsus.”

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noun

A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.

“1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poet's Calendar In my hand I bear / The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.”
“As good to grow on graves / As twist about a thyrsus.”
“The champagne was done, and she upturned the bottle to hold it like a thyrsus.”
A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

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Learned borrowing from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrse, torse, and torso.

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