How to pronounce deasil
American English pronunciation
DEE-zul
- IPA
- /ˈdizəl/
- Syllables
- DEE · zul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What deasil means
Clockwise, the way the sun seems to travel
In a sentence: The dancers circled the maypole deasil, then turned and went the other way.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Gaelic word meaning sunwise or clockwise, and it was first seen in English in 1771.
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