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shingles

shing·les

UK/ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/ US/ˈʃɪŋɡʌlz/ uncommon informal

noun

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Origin

From Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).

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