helicon

[hel-i-kon, -kuhn] Origin

hel·i·con

[hel-i-kon, -kuhn]
noun
a coiled tuba carried over the shoulder and used especially in military bands.
Compare sousaphone.


Origin:
1520–30; probably special use of Helicon, by association with helico-

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Helicon is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Hel·i·con

[hel-i-kon, -kuhn]
noun
a mountain in S central Greece. 5738 feet (1749 meters): regarded by ancient Greeks as the abode of Apollo and the Muses.
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helicon (ˈhɛlɪkən)
 
n
a bass tuba made to coil over the shoulder of a band musician
 
[C19: probably from Helicon, associated with Greek helix spiral]

Helicon (ˈhɛlɪkən)
 
n
Modern Greek name: Elikón a mountain in Greece, in Boeotia: location of the springs of Hippocrene and Aganippe, believed by the Ancient Greeks to be the source of poetic inspiration and the home of the Muses. Height: 1749 m (5738 ft)

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Helicon
1529, from Gk. Helikon, mountain in Boeotia, sacred to the Muses, in which arose the fountains of Aganippe and Hippocrene. Lit. "the tortuous mountain," from helix (gen. helikos) "spiral" (see helix).
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