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单词 ostracon
释义

ostracon

or os·tra·kon

[ os-truh-kon ]
/ ˈɒs trəˌkɒn /

noun, plural os·tra·ca [os-truh-kuh]. /ˈɒs trə kə/.

(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.

Origin of ostracon

1880–85; <Greek óstrakon;see ostracize

Words nearby ostracon

Ostpreussen, ostracism, ostracize, ostracod, ostracoderm, ostracon, ostrakon, ostranenie, Ostrava, ostrich, ostrich fern
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British Dictionary definitions for ostracon

ostracon
/ (ˈɒstrəˌkɒn) /

noun

(in ancient Greece) a potsherd used for ostracizing

Word Origin for ostracon

from Greek
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