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lemniscus (n.)
1811, from Late Latin
lemniscus
"a pendent ribbon," from Greek
lemniskos
"woolen ribbon," perhaps originally or literally "of
Lemnos
," the island in the Aegean, but if so the reason is obscure. Related:
Lemniscate
(adj.), 1781.
