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Word entry · 6 letters

eureka

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"Discovery cry"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /jəˈɹiː.kə/Sorted aeekruStarts with EEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Cry of delight when making a discovery.

Word origin

From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first person singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.

Used in a sentence

  • “Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess.”
  • “"Eureka!" he cried, his teeth shining through his beard. "Gentlemen, you may congratulate me and we may congratulate each other. The problem is solved."”
  • “A page is turned - eureka, a snatch of tune / is playing itself, the piss-proud syllables / are unveiling a difficult prosody.”

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Synonyms

discovery cry 12 lettersjoyful exclamation 17 letters

Rhymes

weka 4 letters