Dissceptre
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of unsceptre. rare
"“How art thou fallen, oh thou Morning star! / “For we are kings at least, and take our fill / “Of rest, each one in glory on his bed, / “Strewn with sweet odours, divers kinds of spice, / “But thou art as a wanderer in our land, / “Thy carcase, trodden under foot of men— / “Disrobed, dissceptred, dropp’d with blood, discrown’d!”"
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More examples"“How art thou fallen, oh thou Morning star! / “For we are kings at least, and take our fill / “Of rest, each one in glory on his bed, / “Strewn with sweet odours, divers kinds of spice, / “But thou art as a wanderer in our land, / “Thy carcase, trodden under foot of men— / “Disrobed, dissceptred, dropp’d with blood, discrown’d!”"
Etymology
From dis- + sceptre.
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