horo-, hour- +

(Greek > Latin: hour, time; period of time, season, any limited time)


hourglass figures (lexicomedy)
Figures with the sands of time usually ending up in the bottom half.
hourly
1. Occurring every hour; such as, hourly chimes.
2. Frequent or continual: "We kept a record of our hourly changes for our project."
3. By the hour as a unit: "She received hourly payments for the time she spent working on the job."

Related "time" units: aevum, evum; archaeo-, archeo-; Calendars; chrono-; pre-; Quotes: Time; tempo-.


If there are any numbers below, use them to see other pages in this unit.

Previous 1 2

Showing page 2 out of 2 pages of 17 words or word groups.

Back to Index | Search Box | Main Index

The Main-Word Info page

The + sign at the end of a unit title means all of the words in that unit have definitions.

Directory of special content and topics

Do you want to help to make this dictionary bigger and better?

Subscribe to this FREE Focusing on Words Newsletter

E-mail Contact words@wordinfo.info




Google
 
Web Search Word Info Search