Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A five-angled or a five-pointed figure; a pentagon or a pentacle. See
pentacle and pentagram.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A pentagon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun occult A five-pointed star (drawn with five straight lines).
- noun A
pentagram (five-pointed star inscribed in a circle). - noun rare A
pentagon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
Etymologies
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Examples
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That is, pent- in the original pentiz was “reheard” as a familiar element, as the pent- in words like pentangle.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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That is, pent- in the original pentiz was “reheard” as a familiar element, as the pent- in words like pentangle.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The simpler the rose, in its pentangle, five-petalled form, the more complex its spirit.
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The AI has seized control of his carelessly placed laptop; the demon is, so to speak, out of the pentangle and
Humanity Vs. Our Gadgets Tom Shippey 2011
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She put on a record whose album cover had a pentangle on it, and Mark picked it up from the floor to look at it.
One of Us Con Chapman 2011
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Then they brought him his blaxon that was of brilliant gules with the pentangle depicted in pure hue of gold.
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So there the pentangle painted new he on shield and coat did wear, as one of word most true and knight of bearing fair.
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And why the pentangle is proper to that prince so noble
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Thin leather braids around both wrists and a pentangle hanging from his throat.
Set in Darkness Rankin, Ian 2000
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A stairway led down to a basement and another led up to what I supposed were bedrooms and maybe the room with the shaman stuff in it; the pentangle on the floor, or whatever.
Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996
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