See Also: discernible(dictionary)

Cygnus (iou) and discernible (iou)


Cygnus (iou)



Cygnus noun. M16.
[Latin cygnus swan: see CYGNET.]
(The name of) a large constellation of the northern hemisphere, in the Milky Way between Hercules and Pegasus; the Swan.

discernible (iou)



discernible adjective. Also (earlier) discernable. M16.
[from DISCERN + -ABLE; later conformed to Latin discernibilis: see -IBLE.]
Able to be discerned; perceptible. M16.
Distinguishable (from something else). Only in 17.
discernibleness noun E18.
discernibly adverb M17.