syzygial

[siz-i-jee]

syz·y·gy

[siz-i-jee]
noun, plural syz·y·gies.
1.
Astronomy. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.
2.
Classical Prosody. a group or combination of two feet, sometimes restricted to a combination of two feet of different kinds.
3.
any two related things, either alike or opposite.

Origin:
1650–60; < Late Latin syzygia < Greek syzygía union, pair, equivalent to sýzyg(os) yoked together (sy- sy- + zyg-, base of zeugnýnai to yoke1 + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -y3

sy·zyg·i·al [si-zij-ee-uhl] , syz·y·get·ic [siz-i-jet-ik] , syz·y·gal [siz-i-guhl] , adjective
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Syzygial is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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.
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syzygy (ˈsɪzɪdʒɪ)
 
n , pl -gies
1.  either of the two positions (conjunction or opposition) of a celestial body when sun, earth, and the body lie in a straight line: the moon is at syzygy when full
2.  (in classical prosody) a metrical unit of two feet
3.  rare any pair, usually of opposites
4.  biology the aggregation in a mass of certain protozoans, esp when occurring before sexual reproduction
 
[C17: from Late Latin syzygia, from Greek suzugia, from suzugos yoked together, from syn- + zugon a yoke]
 
syzygial
 
adj
 
syzygetic
 
adj
 
syzygal
 
adj
 
syzy'getically
 
adv

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