Dictionary - Definition of AMPHICOME


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Amphicome" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Amphicome \Am"phi*come\, noun. [Greek expression with hair all round; 'amfi` hair.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: AMPHICOME

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged and beset with eminences; called Erotylos, on account of its supposed power of exciting love. Anciently, it was used in divination; but it is little known to the moderns. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "AMPHICOME" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Amphicome \Am"phi*come\, noun. [Greek expression with hair all round; 'amfi` hair.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged and beset with eminences; called Erotylos, on account of its supposed power of exciting love. Anciently, it was used in divination; but it is little known to the moderns. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top