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单词 corposant
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Example sentences from the Web for corposant

  • I had seen a ship, and there she was to leeward of us, with the corposant clinging to one of her spars.

    The Log of a Privateersman|Harry Collingwood
  • Corposant, kor′po-zant, n. St Elmo's fire, a ball of fire sometimes seen about a ship during a storm.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

corposant

/ (ˈkɔːpəˌzænt) /

noun

another name for Saint Elmo's fire

Word Origin for corposant

C17: from Portuguese corpo-santo, literally: holy body, from Latin corpus sanctum

Words nearby corposant

corporative, corporatize, corporator, corporeal, corporeity, corposant, corps, corps de ballet, corps diplomatique, corpse, corpsman
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