ellipsograph

[ih-lip-suh-graf, -grahf]

el·lip·so·graph

[ih-lip-suh-graf, -grahf]
noun
an instrument for drawing ellipses, as a trammel.


Origin:
ellipse + -o- + -graph
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Ellipsograph is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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