Refine this word faster
Merlin
Definitions
- 1 A wizard in the Arthurian legend.
"I NEXT paſſed into the choir; a ſcene of transformation indeed! I had been accuſtomed to contemplate here a far different order of things. Our profeſſional Merlins have waved their wands to ſome purpoſe; and all view, as their familiars invited me to believe, was to be given up to the momentary glance at an Eidophuſicon ſhew of the Reſurrection filling the Eaſt window in that ſpot late our Lady’s chapel, now the termination of the choir."
- 2 A male given name.
- 3 A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.
- 1 A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.
"The gentle falcon, that with its feet distraineth / The kingës hand; the hardy sperhawke eke, / The quailës foe; the merlion that paineth / Himself full oft the larkë for to seek; [...]"
- 2 A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors. uncountable
- 3 small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English merlioun, merlion, marlyon, merlyon, merlinge, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Old Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”). Cognate with Old High German smirl (“falcon”), Old Norse smyrill (“falcon”).
Acronym of moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-like protein + -in (“protein”)
From Middle English Merlyn, from Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from Proto-Brythonic *Mor-ðin (literally “sea-hill”), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).
See also for "merlin"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: merlin