Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See pentacle.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A five-pointed or five-lobed figure, as the figure of a five-rayed star; specifically, the magic sign also called pentacle. See pentacle.
- n. In geometry, a five-sided polygram.
Wiktionary
- n. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations.
- n. a 5/2 star polygon
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A pentacle or a pentalpha.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
Examples
“The five sided star, known as a pentagram, is one of the most powerful yet misconceived symbolic representations of our modern times, although the shape has been around for thousands of years.”
“It’s basically the same symbol, but the word pentagram usually refers to the symbol that’s drawn in the air during rituals, and it doesn’t have a circle around the star.”
“You have pink satin pentagram pillows all over your house”
““Are you aware that a five-pointed star is called a pentagram?””
“The pentagram is a necessary part of any demon-raising ritual.”
“The ACLU argued that the pentagram is a symbol of religious faith, and as such, students must be allowed to wear it openly.”
““And that the pentagram is a symbol of pagan religions . . . the same groups that would have been celebrating Beltane the night of April thirtieth?””
“At the heart of the pentagram was a huge slab of stone; probably native limestone.”
Jinx High
“The pentagram is a five-sided solid figure, which in Christian art represents the five wounds Christ received at the Crucifixion.”
“By producing each side of this latter figure the five-pointed star (fig. 9), known as the pentagram, is obtained.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pentagram’.
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Tag! You're it.
tag, tags, tagging, Tagalog, baronetage, montage, tagalong, Rabindranath Tagore, uredostage, ragtag and bobtail, voltage, price tag and 95 more...
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Three is Compoundy.
Words that are made up of three words, be it intended for the meaning, or coincidentally (as in "attendance").
nonetheless, together, insofar, nevertheless, attendance, notwithstanding, hitherto, heretofore, whosoever, inasmuch, benjamin, psychotherapist and 40 more...
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five; having five
reesetee What you may be missing here, Leximaniac, is that the list owner can do whatever he or she wants with whatever words he or she chooses. So the fact that you are talking about compound words made from three words may have no bearing on what the list owner wants to include.
Of course, you're always free to start your own list with different rules. :-) Mar 24, 2010
Leximaniac We are actually talking about compound words made up from 3 words to form the end result. If we ascribe to bilby's notion then every word is multi-compound since each letter can be used to denote something else, even reference to pulp fiction novels. I mean come on... :) Mar 19, 2010
bilby Yes, thanks.
Mar 18, 2010
dontcry What about ta? Yes, no? Mar 18, 2010
bilby There's also pent, as in "All my pent-up ridiculosityness bursts forth like an exploding toad whenever I come near Wordnik."
Then there's Agra, which is a city in one of the (can't remember) curry countries.
And finally there's M, which is a number for telephonic murder services.
Easy. Mar 18, 2010
gangerh Is pen not a word? Is tag not a word? Is ram not a word? Mar 18, 2010
Leximaniac How is this a 3 part word? This is made out of penta from "pente", meaning five in Greek and gram from "grammes", meaning lines (in Greek. There is no 3rd part in this word. Now if it was pentadiagram I could concurm since then we could say that the second part is the compound word diagram from diagramma (dia + gramma). I think "pentagram" should not be in this list though. Mar 18, 2010