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miss_daizy at postsyzygy [siz-i-jee] n.
- the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system
- any two related things, either alike or opposite
Etymology:
Late Latin syzygia = conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos = yoked together, from syn- + zygon = yoke
Usage:
When all eight planets are aligned on the same side of the sun, it's called a grand syzygy.
- the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system
- any two related things, either alike or opposite
Etymology:
Late Latin syzygia = conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos = yoked together, from syn- + zygon = yoke
Usage:
When all eight planets are aligned on the same side of the sun, it's called a grand syzygy.
Comments
BBC!Sherlock would not know this word because there are only two letters "Y" in Scrabble.
;-)
Was not thinking of SH in any incarnation when I posted it :P
but you are right ;)
I was labelled a smartypants for using the word "omniscient".
We have many nice words in our language, people! Why not use them?
Ignorance is a choice!