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Euripus

//jəˈɹaɪpəs// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Short for Euripus Strait. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.
  2. 2
    A flux and reflux. broadly

    "They have ordained that the provision of this establishment might be as stable as the earth on which it stands , and should not fluctuate with the Euripus of funds and actions"

Etymology

From Latin euripus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).

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