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pentagram(dictionary)

pentagram (iou)



pentagram noun. M19.
[Greek pentagrammon use as noun of neut. of pentagrammos of five lines: see PENTA-, -GRAM.]
A five-pointed star, formerly used as a mystic or magical symbol, formed by extending the sides of a pentagon both ways to their points of intersection, or by drawing a continuous line in five straight segments, each of which ultimately crosses two others, until the end of the fifth meets the beginning of the first. M19.
A series of five letters or characters. L20.