Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

Sagittarius


Sag·it·tar·i·us

noun \-ē-əs\

Definition of SAGITTARIUS

1
: a southern zodiacal constellation pictured as a centaur shooting an arrow and containing the point in the sky where the center of the Milky Way galaxy is located
2
a : the ninth sign of the zodiac in astrology — see zodiac table b : one born under the sign of Sagittarius

Examples of SAGITTARIUS

  1. Are you a Sagittarius or a Capricorn?

Origin of SAGITTARIUS

Latin (genitive Sagittarii), literally, archer, from sagitta
First Known Use: 14th century

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: sagittary
Previous Word in the Dictionary: Sagittarian
All Words Near: Sagittarius

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up Sagittarius? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).