cygnet
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
Definition of cygnet
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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The young of a swan.
“I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest.”
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noun
-
The young of a swan.
“I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest.”
name
- A village in Ohio, United States.
- A town in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
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Etymology
From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
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