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scarab - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

scarab (plural scarabs)

  • A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
  • Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
  • A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.
    • ✤ The scarab, which is a very small one, Leo had insisted upon having set in a massive gold ring, such as is generally used for signets, and it was this very ring that I now picked up.1
  • (computing, slang) The currency sign ¤.

Etymology

From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”). Doublet of scarabaeus, now obsolete.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA: /ˈskæɹəb/
  • (Standard Southern British, Northern England) IPA: /ˈskaɹəb/
    • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • (US)
    • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈskæɹəb/
    • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈskɛɹəb/
  • (Scotland, Wales) IPA: /ˈskaɾəb/
  • (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈskɛɹəb/
  • Rhymes: -æɹəb

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Footnotes

  1. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC: ↩

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