ogdoad
/ˈɒɡ.dəʊ.æd/ noun, proper noun
Forms ogdoads
- noun A thing made up of eight parts.
- proper noun The group of eight primordial deities worshipped at Hermopolis in Ancient Egyptian times: Naunet and Nu, Amaunet and Amun, Kauket and Kuk, and Hauhet and Huh.
Synonyms
octet ogdoas eight 8 VIII eighter eighter from Decatur octad octonary
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”). By surface analysis, ogdo- + -ad.
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”).
Webster’s 1913
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