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7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
originBorrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop. Compare typologically rehearsal, rehearse (related to French herser (“to harrow”) << Latin hirpex, another meaning shift from the idea of turning).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- ephors 11
- hopers 11
- posher 11
- pother 11
- thorpe 11
- thorps 11
- tophes 11
- ephor 10
- hoper 10
- hopes 10
- phots 10
- shope 10