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parhelion

noun
/pɑːˈhiː.lɪ.ən/UK/pɑɹˈhi.li.ən/US

Etymology

From Latin parelion, from Ancient Greek παρήλιον (parḗlion), from παρά (pará) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).

  1. derived from παρήλιον
  2. derived from parelion

Definitions

  1. Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle…

    Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).

  2. An image or reflection.

    • The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.

The neighborhood

Derived

parhelic

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for parhelion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA