Cirrus (noun)
si-rus
Cloud forming wispy filamentous tufted streaks or ‘mare’s tails’ at high altitude
Early 18th century (in the sense ‘tendril’): from Latin, literally ‘a curl’.
Example sentences
“Her painting captured the cirrus clouds to the east perfectly.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
