MINOAN

Minoan

(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete; “the Minoan palace at Knossos”

Minoan

(noun) a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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