gonio-

See also: Gonio

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Prefix

gonio-

  1. Forming compound words pertaining to angles.
    • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
      He had turn’d the same covetous Angles as the Welshman,– tho’ perhaps never as many, for Shelby seem’d seiz’d with Goniolatry, or the Worship of Angles, defining tracts of virgin Land by as many of these exhilarating Instrumental Sweeps, as possible.

Derived terms

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  • goniotomy

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Italian

Prefix

gonio-

  1. Used to form terms relating to (the measurement of) angles
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