Seagirt

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Engirdled by the sea, as an island. not-comparable, poetic, rare

    "See Borneo's sea-girt shore where ever flow / the perfumed liquor's thick and curded gouts, / the tears of forest-trees men "Camphor" clepe, / wherefore that Island crop of Fame shall reap."

Adjective
  1. 1
    surrounded or enclosed by the sea wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
borderedinsularislandisolated

Example

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"See Borneo's sea-girt shore where ever flow / the perfumed liquor's thick and curded gouts, / the tears of forest-trees men "Camphor" clepe, / wherefore that Island crop of Fame shall reap."

Etymology

From sea + girt.

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