Comus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Comus
< Latin < Greek kômos revel; akin to comedy
Example Sentences
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The drive down Comus Road, with its charming houses and open fields, hints at what’s to come.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2016
At that time, R. F. Goodlett sought out financial backers to construct a vaudeville theater called The Comus.
From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2016
After a spell in the progressive rock outfit Comus, she joined the avant garde band Henry Cow, whose output mixed jazz, prog rock and classical music, much of it improvised.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2013
By the time we arrived in Queens at the Comus Club’s 89th annual Christmas Ball, I’d already begun to reconsider my position that the minor bowl games that dot the college football landscape were irrelevant.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2012
I have a set to lend you for the occasion—no, not a gift, merely a loan for the sake of Comus.
From The Mardi Gras Mystery by Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry)
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