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Meaning of lemures | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈlɛmjəriːz

Definitions

The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.

Roman, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Bosanski lemur
Deutsch Lemur
Français lémures
Hrvatski lemur
Polski lemur
Српски lemur

Examples

“The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.”
“So still lay the figure, and so dim was its outline, that any other than Arbaces might have felt a superstitious fear, lest he beheld one of those grim lemures, who, above all other spots, haunted the threshold of the homes they formerly possessed.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Lemuria Lemurian lemurid lemuriform lemurine lemuroid

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