Geasa
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of geis form-of, plural
- 2 plural of geas form-of, plural
- 3 Synonym of geas or geis, mistakenly treated as a singular. nonstandard
"Their physical yearning for each other was nearly as great as their union of poetry, but it was inhibited by a geasa, or taboo, that had been inflicted on Curither by an elderly aesodan, his poetic mentor during the long years of ..."
Example
More examples"Their physical yearning for each other was nearly as great as their union of poetry, but it was inhibited by a geasa, or taboo, that had been inflicted on Curither by an elderly aesodan, his poetic mentor during the long years of ..."
Etymology
Irish geasa, the plural of both geis and geas.
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