gargoyles
Meaning of gargoyles
plural noun
a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a spout to carry water clear of a wall.
Middle English: from Old French gargouille ‘throat’, also ‘gargoyle’ (because of the water passing through the throat and mouth of the figure); related to Greek gargarizein ‘to gargle’ (imitating the sounds made in the throat).
Information about gargoyles
- It is a name.
- The singular form of gargoyles is: gargoyle.
- Languages in which gargoyles is used:
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Hyphenation of gargoyles
gar-goyles
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- gargoyles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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